Thanks for the reviews, good and bad.
Just to clarify: I DO NOT THINK JAKE IS OLIVIA'S SOUL MATE. I think that when you love someone so deeply, but you cannot be with them, you find yourself desperate to love someone that is available. So I think Olivia wishes Jake was her soul mate, but I THINK FITZ IS HER SOUL MATE. In S05EP5 Olivia says "If it were a choice, who would choose this kind of love?...Don't ask me to fall out of love with Fitzgerald Grant, because if I could I would." Even those words tear at my heartstrings. I honestly think this is one of the rawest moments of Olivia's character and it was what I was trying to portray with Jake being involved, and if I have failed (which apparently I have), I apologise. In my attempt to be true to the characters most of my stories are based on this premise. I have written one in particular called Drunk that might help you understand that more, if your interested.
BUT, from here on out there is only Olitz, so I hope you can enjoy it.
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Olivia ran into Fitz' arms as he greeted her at the door and he took her straight to bed and ravished her. Once they had finished and they were laying in bed Fitz spoke.
"Hey, how would you feel about someone helping plan the wedding?" He asked running a single finger up and down her back. She propped her chin on her arm and looked at him.
"I suppose it would depend who it was." She said thinking.
"Well, I was reading the local noticeboard a few days ago, there was an add for a kids party planner. I was thinking about arranging something for Ella up here so I gave her a call and she was saying that she really wants to do weddings but she is raising her little brother because her parents died and she doesn't want to take him from his home and there just isn't any work around here apparently." A smile crept onto Olivia's face.
"I thought I was the fixer."
"You are. I'm not trying to fix, I am trying to help." He smirked.
"Of course you are." She kissed him gently.
"So what do you think?" He asked.
"How about we meet her. I don't want some kid ruining our wedding." She joked.
"She sounded pretty grounded on the phone, but I will set something up. Are you available tomorrow?" He asked seriously.
"Im available all week." She said straddling him, ready for round two.
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"Hello?" Fitz answered the phone.
"I'm sorry to bother you, I was on my way over for our meeting and I think I must have written the address down wrong."
"Why is that?" Fitz asked curious.
"I'm at the address I wrote down, but this is President Grant's residence." She said confused. He smiled.
"Great you're here, I'll buzz you in." He said hanging up the phone and walking over to the buzzer connected with the front gate. "Please let Ms Taylor in."
"Livvie." Fitz called upstairs. Olivia came out of her office. "Michelle is here." He said and Olivia walked down the stairs. "Poor thing thought she had the wrong address." He said chuckling while pulling her into a hug.
"You didn't tell her?" She asked. He looked down at her with a cheeky grin. "Your mean." She laughed before he kissed her. They kissed until there was a knock at the door.
Fitz planted one last kiss on Olivia's lips before he opened the front door.
"Miss Taylor, pleasure to meet you." He said holding out his hand. Michelle was only momentarily stunned before she reached out her hand to shake his with a smile.
"You too Sir."
"Fitz, please. And this is my beautiful fiancé Olivia Pope." He said motioning for Olivia. Michelle held out her hand and Olivia shook her hand too.
"Can we get you a drink Michelle?" Olivia asked as they followed Fitz to the lounges and coffee table next to the kitchen.
"No, I'm fine thankyou." She said.
"Take a seat." Fitz motioned and she did. Fitz and Olivia sat on the couch opposite her.
"So Fitz tells me you do children's parties?" Olivia asked.
"Yes, I do. Fitz told me the party would be for a 7yr old girl, so I have brought a few proposals with me for your review." She said pulling out three different folders from her briefcase.
"There is a princess package, which almost every girl loves, we can do pink purple or blue. Then there is the cirucus party, which is not for everyone but is really a lot of fun. Or there is the ocean theme, which has been a surprise hit actually. Obviously it depends a lot on the child and what they like and want. In addition to the costs set out below there are optional extras for each, each tailored to the specific party theme. Of course I can plan a unique themed party if you have one in mind." Michelle watched as Olivia picked up each folder and reviewed it. Once she had read one she would pass it to Fitz. Once they had looked at all three packages Olivia looked at Fitz and smiled. She put her hand on his thigh and noticed that Michelle didn't even notice.
"Why don't you tell me a little bit more about yourself Michelle?" Olivia prompted, crossing one leg over the other leaning towards Fitz.
"Well, I'm 18 years old, I live in Montpelier, and I have a little brother who is 6 who goes to school here. Our parents passed away a year ago and I have been working part time at the post office and planning parties since then."
"You didn't go to college?" Olivia asked.
"No, the timing was a little off with my parents, and I really love planning parties so it all worked out in the end."
"Did you want to go to college at the time."
"Yeah, I was accepted into Harvard for pre-law."
"Harvard is my alma mater." Fitz said proudly. Olivia squeezed his hand.
"Michelle, It is pretty obvious that you are clever, and you carry yourself well. So Fitz and I were wondering if you might want to be our wedding planner?" She asked, knowing Fitz would be on board if she was.
"Excuse me what?" She asked in disbelief.
"You told me that you really wanted to plan weddings. We would like you to plan ours."
"Are you serious?" She asked. They both smiled and nodded.
"It would be my absolute pleasure." She said realizing they were indeed serious. "Thank you so much for this incredible opportunity."
"But, we also do want you to plan a children's birthday too. The underwater theme would be great." Olivia asked.
"Not a problem. I will get to work straight away." She said putting her things into her kids party options back into her bag and pulling out an empty pad and pen.
"So, do you have any ideas for the wedding?" She asked. Olivia smiled at her eagerness.
"White. Lots of white." Fitz said looking at Olivia with a huge smile. She laughed at him.
"It's only going to be small, maybe 30 people, we want it in May, and we are having it here. That's all we have really come up with so far."
"There is a gazebo in the middle of the peaches, we could have the ceremony there?" Fitz suggested. Olivia smiled at him with a nod.
"Are you thinking marque for the reception?" Michelle asked.
"Yeah, I think that would be easiest." Fitz said while looking at Olivia who was consenting with her eyes.
"Open bar? Live band or DJ?" She asked next.
"Yes, and DJ I think." Fitz said still looking at Olivia.
"Photographer?" She asked next. They both frowned.
"We want photos, but I thinkt that might be something we arrange ourselves, just because we will need to draft a non-disclosure agreement etc." Olivia said.
"Do you need me to sign a non-disclosure agreement? I don't mind." She said like it was no big deal.
"Michelle, we hope we can have a relationship of mutual respect, so no, you don't need to sign a non-disclosure agreement, but we would like this kept as quiet as possible. We just used to work in a town where each photo was worth a lot of money so we don't want to take that chance on something so important."
"Certainly, I won't say anything." She said and they believed her.
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Olivia and Fitz spent the next two weeks enjoying each others company and making love. They had Michelle over every third night almost, and made her bring her little brother too, and the planning was going well.
The day before Ella's birthday Fitz was having his jet pick up Ella, Cyrus, James and James' mum, as well as Karen and Andre from DC and fly them up. The other kids (Jerry, May, Franklin and Lilly) were flying over together that night too. Teddy and Mellie were flying a little earlier that day. They were set for a full house and neither Olivia or Fitz could hide their excitement.
It was the night before everyone was set to arrive, Fitz and Olivia were simply laying on the couch wrapped up in one another, watching the news when the front door opened. Olivia turned her head to see who it was and was surprised to find Franklin in the doorway. She quickly disconnected herself from Fitz. He turned around to see what had her so eager and saw Franklin.
"Hey Frank." Fitz said before turning back towards the news.
"What's wrong?" Olivia asked walking around to him. She could see something was off with him the second she saw him. Fitz turned around again when he heard her question, confused, but when he turned around he saw that there was indeed something the matter. Fitz had never seen Franklin looking so tired.
"I'm sorry to interrupt." He said putting his bag on the ground next to the door.
"You never have to appologise. What's wrong?" She asked again.
"I just needed to come up here, and see you." He said shyly.
"Franklin, your scaring me." She said, honestly a little scared about why he was looking so distraught.
"Lilly and I broke up again." He said, and although Olivia wanted to roll her eyes, he was clearly upset. She would talk to him about it later, but right now he needed to cry. So she pulled him by the hand around to the couch and sat him down, before she pulled his head into her chest and he cried. She stroked his hair. She felt Fitz discreetly get up from the couch and leave the room.
Franklin only cried for a few minutes, before wiping his eyes and sitting up properly. With impeccable timing Fitz came in moments later with a cup of hot chocolate for Franklin. He put it down in front of him before sitting back on the couch.
"Do you wanna talk about it?" She asked, tilting her head to the side and bringing her knees up onto her chest.
"I thought that when I came to the realization that maybe it didn't have to be passionate all the time that we would be ok, but I guess that is something she has to come to terms with herself. She keeps telling me she loves me, but saying we need a break, and I don't know what to do anymore."
"What, you guys seemed fine in Illinois." She said reaching for his hot chocolate and handing it to him.
"Ever since we got back together I have felt a little bit used I guess. We get together and she says she loves me, but then a week later she says we should take a break. Then she sleeps with some god-awful guy at college and comes crying to me about it telling me she loves me." He says becoming frustrated now. "I want to let her off cause I know she has had a rough couple of years with Jake and stuff but it hurts and I don't want to do it anymore."
"Then don't." She said smiling sadly and patting his knee. "It will be hard, but you can do it. You need to think about yourself too Franklin." Olivia said.
"I know. I just love her so much." He said.
"I know you do. And she knows that, which is why you cant let this continue." She squeezed his knee. He looked at her and nodded, before downing the rest of his hot chocolate.
"I think im going to go to bed." He said standing up. He leant over to kiss Olivia's cheek and she grabbed his face and kissed his forehead.
"It will be ok." She said and he nodded as he walked around the couch. He picked his bag up and walked up the stairs. Fitz waited until he was in his room until he pulled Olivia back against him.
"That was full on. Are you ok?" He asked.
"I'm fine. Just worried about him."
"I like that he isn't afraid to be upset."
"His mum told him that it was ok to cry, but that someone should hold you while you do." She paused before turning around to face him. "The first time he told me that was when I was crying over you." She said and she saw the sadness in his eyes.
"Baby I'm sorry I ever made you cry, I wish I could take it all back." He said placing a hand on her cheek.
"I don't." She said confusing him. "Because a love that isn't worth crying for, isn't worth fighting for." She said with a smile. He kissed her temple before grabbing her hand.
"Lets go to be, we have a big day tomorrow." He said and she stood up and helped him up and they walked up to their room holding hands.
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The next morning Olivia and Fitz had arrange for the party to be set up that day to avoid the crazy morning while everyone was here, so that Ella would just wake up and it would be ready, so Michelle came over with her little brother for breakfast before beginning setting up.
Franklin was fast asleep when Olivia went to see if he wanted to have breakfast with them, but she let him sleep.
It was about two hours later that Michelle was shouting commands at the contractors about where to put things, with Fitz and Olivia standing on the verandah, arms wrapped around each other watching, that Franklin came out. He walked out the open back door and was stilled mid stride by the sight of Michelle. She took his breath away with her confidence and command, and she was seriously beautiful.
Fitz spotted Franklin first. "Look who's awake." He said to Olivia. She turned her head to greet him when she noticed the look on his face, his eyes going dark, but sparkling at the same time. She followed his line of sight to Michelle and smirked slightly.
"Franklin." She spoke. He shook his head before turning, smiling at them and walking towards them.
"Who is that?" He asked resting his forearms on the balcony railing continuing to watch her.
"That is Michelle. She is our wedding planner." Olivia answered.
"She's beautiful." He said airily. Olivia and Fitz looked at each other. Olivia turned around in Fitz' grasp.
"Michelle. Brandon." She called. Michelle looked up to see Olivia beckoning her with a smile. She walked over as Brandon (Michelle's little brother) came running from somewhere. When Michelle was at the top of the back stairs Olivia spoke again. "Michelle and Brandon, this is my son Franklin. Franklin, this is Michelle and Brandon."
"Nice to meet you." Michelle said sticking her hand out for Franklin to shake. Olivia had to nudge him as he didn't move, but quickly took her hand and shook it.
"The pleasure is all mine." He said and Michelle blushed.
"I'm Brandon." The little boy said from next to Michelle sticking his hand out to shake too.
"Nice to meet you Brandon." Franklin said shaking his hand. But before anyone could say anything else Michelle's phone was ringing.
"Sorry, excuse me, I think that's the seaweed." She said turning around and walking back down the stairs.
"Franklin, do you want to play with me?" Brandon asked as his sister walked away.
"Definitely, but first I need to have some breakfast, I'm starving." He said holding his stomach. "But then we can play I promise." He said and Brandon ran off down the stairs too, to presumable resume whatever he was doing before.
"There are leftovers in the oven." Olivia said to him, Fitz resuming his hold around her waist as they admired their property and the party preparations.
"Perfect." He said going back into the house. He returned a few moments later with the plate of food and cutlery. He balanced his plate on the bannister as he continued to watch Michelle. A few times she would catch him looking at her and she would blush but he was not deterred. Olivia saw one of their exchanges and slapped Franklin's arm.
"You could be a little more discreet in your staring." She said.
"Why would I want to do that?" He said back, half joking, half serious. "Just admiring the view." He said before turning to take his now empty plate into the kitchen. Olivia wanted nothing more than to go after Franklin in the moment and warn him against whatever it was going on between Michelle and he, but thought better of it, and sensing her thoughts Fitz had squeezed her a little tighter holding her in place. She turned around in his arms, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"You saw it too?" He asked.
"You mean did I see the way he looked at her?" She asked. "Like the way you look at me." She said at the same time he said "Like the way I look at you." They smiled at one another, before he kissed her tenderly.
"I don't know if I should be worried." She said frowning.
"Just let them be for now ok." He said and she sighed with a nod. "Tea?" He asked, and pulled her into the house to make a cup of tea.
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Teddy and Mellie arrived just before lunch and Mellie was positively glowing. After Teddy greeted them both and Franklin, he was introduced to Brandon and the two became instant friends.
"Fitz, Liv, I was wondering if I could speak to you." She smiled. Fitz grabbed Olivia's hand.
"Of course." She said. She walked Fitz around to the couches and sat down, Mellie sat nearby.
"I just wanted to let you two know that Andrew and I got married last weekend." She said placing her hands on her knees to reveal the rings.
"Congratulations" Fitz and Olivia said in sync, smiles reaching from ear to ear. They were genuinely happy for them. Olivia scooted closer to Mellie look at her hand closely. Mellie gladly showed off her well endowed hand.
"So how have you kept this so quiet?" Fitz asked, slightly impressed.
"Well, don't be mad, but I had Jerry and Karen fly out to be witnesses, and asked them not to tell anyone just yet, and then we had one of Andrew's friends marry us, so we are just living in this little bubble at the moment. It's great." She smiled.
"Well your glowing Mellie. Marriage looks good on you." Fitz said without even thinking. "I mean…"
"Fitz, it's fine, I understand." She laughed it off.
"So have you two set a date?" She asked and Olivia grinned.
"We have, and I'm sure you will get you invite shortly." Olivia said reaching for Fitz' hand.
"Fantastic. How exciting. Now I'm sorry, but I might excuse myself to call Andy and have a nap if that's ok."
"Of course. I think your in Jerry's room." Fitz said pointing to her door.
"Thanks." She said, before Fitz carried her and Teddy's bags up to their rooms.
He returned from upstairs when Fitz asked "So I assume Lilly's not coming?" he had been thinking about where everyone was going to sleep.
"Oh. I had assumed as much, but maybe I should call her to be sure." So Olivia picked up her phone and dialed Lilly's number. As the phone was ringing Olivia motioned to Fitz that she would be in her office. He nodded. Olivia went upstairs.
"Hey Lil, how are you?" She asked when the phone was answered.
"I'm ok. I assume Franklin is with you?" She asked.
"He is. He got here last night."
"Good. He hasn't replied to any of my messages and I came to his dorm but he wasn't here. Is he ok?" She asked shyly.
"He is upset. But he will be ok." She said trying to not give anything away. "Are you still coming tonight?" She asked.
"Umm, I hadn't decided. I don't want to upset him anymore, but it would be nice to see everyone."
"Well, why don't you give yourselves this week, then come down for Karen's birthday next weekend?"
"Ok, yeah, that's probably a good idea. Ok, well I'm going to drive back home now. Keep an eye on him please Liv."
"I will."
"Thanks. And I'll see you next weekend."
"See you then Lil." Olivia said before hanging up. Olivia sighed as she stood up from the chair in her office and headed back downstairs. She found Fitz sitting on the floor with Teddy and Brandon doing a puzzle. She sat down behind Fitz and wrapped her arms around him. She kissed between his shoulder blades before resting her head on his shoulder.
"Hi." He said placing his hand on the juncture between hers on his stomach.
"Hi." She responded kissing his neck. "Lilly isn't coming." She said and he nodded.
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A couple of hours later Jerry and May arrived and almost as soon as they had greeted everyone there was a beer in his hand. Fitz joined him and they sat downstairs next to the bar chatting.
When Olivia found Franklin and let him know that Jerry and May had arrived, she also let him know that Lilly wasn't coming. He only nodded before going off to find Jerry.
"My man!" Jerry said as Frankin entered the room. Franklin gave him a man hug before walking around the bar to grab a beer. Fitz didn't think Olivia would mind too much if he had one so he said nothing. "So what happened with you and Lilly today. We were waiting for you at the airport."
"We broke up, so I came early." He said after taking a long swig of his beer.
"What happened this time?" Jerry asked, Fitz just observing. Franklin sighed before answering.
"She tells me she wants to be with me, but right before a party she says that it is all too much for her, that she needs a break, then she goes and has sex with some college boy, then cries to me about it."
"Wow. That's heavy man."
"I'm just so over it. But honestly I feel a little bad aswell, because I didn't think about her all day until Liv told me she wasn't coming. And I'm not even that upset about it."
Fitz felt a little awkard listening to Franklin talk about his love life, he knew he was just saying what he was because Jerry was there.
"Guys, everyone is here." Olivia's voice carried down the stairs.
"Coming." They all called back.
"Dad. Can you wait a second." Jerry asked and Fitz turned around to see what Jerry wanted him to wait for. Jerry was reaching into his pocket and he pulled out a ring box. Fitz eyes went wide as he realised what it was, but smiled broadly seconds later.
"Got any advice?" Jerry asked timidly. Fitz thought.
"Make is special. You only want to do it once, but you want her to remember it for the rest of your lives." Fitz said and Jerry nodded. Fitz then gave him a hug, which Jerry returned. "I'm proud of you son."
"Thanks." Jerry said as Fitz led them up the stairs with his arm around his sons shoulders. Jerry had stuffed the ring back in his pocket by the time they reached the top. They broke away as a very excited Ella came running over to them. Fitz picked her up and twirled her around kissing her whole face.
"When did you get so big?" He asked as he stopped spinning.
"I'm 7 tomorrow Uncle Fitz!" She said excitedly.
"You are!" He smiled back at her. He carried her to where everyone else was. "Hi everyone." He said as he put Ella down and everyone greeted he and Jerry, having already greeted everyone else.
"So, bedrooms are a bit mixed up this weeked with everyone here." Olivia started. "Helen, your in the guest room, Cyrus and James your in the spare room on our side of the house, Franklin, do you mind giving up your bed for Jerry and May and you can take a bunk? Fitz and I are taking the munchkins for a sleepover."
"Helen, I will take your bags up and show you your room." Fitz said to Cyrus' mum.
"Thank you dear." Helen replied, grabbing his arm as they walked to the stairs. He picked up her bag and they went upstairs.
"You guys can have my room so long as you promise no funny business." He said to Jerry and May.
"Whatever." Jerry replied.
"Brandon and I should probably head home." Michelle said coming in looking quite tired.
"You can stay if you would like. We could put out a air matress for Franklin and you and Brandon can take a bunk each?" Olivia suggested.
"We didn't bring anything for tomorrow so we will need to go home anyway, but thatnks for the offer." Michelle said.
"Ok, well thanks for today, the place looks great." She hugged Michelle and ruflled Brandon's hair. "Come for breakfast again tomorrow?" She asked. Michelle nodded.
"Fitz, Michelle is headed home." Olivia said loudly hoping Fitz would hear her from upstairs. Seconds later he was walking across the mezzanine level and down the stairs. He kissed Michelle's cheek and offered to walk them to their car.
"I'll do that." Franklin offered. Michelle blushed slightly. Fitz let Franklin walk them out.
When it was bed time Olivia, Fitz, Ella and Teddy all piled into their bed. The bed was not huge, because neither needed the space when they were together, but they all fitted in ok. Fitz had the roof open so they could see the stars. They all pointed to formations they found and Olivia and Fitz made up stories until the fell asleep. The kids were in the middle, which they instantly regretted as soon as they realised the kids were asleep because all they wanted was to hold each other. Instead they held hands over the children and gazed into eah other's eyes, eventually falling asleep.
When they awoke in the morning the munchkins were still sleeping. Olivia looked over to Fitz who appeared more awake than she. "Shower sex?" he mouthed to her. She chuckled quietly before nodding. They slipped out of bed gently. Olivia walked around towards the bathroom and Fitz came up behind her, pulling her to him. They weren't in the bathroom yet and Olivia swatted his hands away but he simply slipped a hand into her underwear. She gasped.
"Fitz, we need to make it to the bathroom." She said.
"Well keep walking." He said before nibbling on her neck. So she moved forward, his hands still in her pants. When they reached the bathroom Fitz closed the door quickly but quietly behind him and seconds later he was pulling Olivia's top off. Olivia turned around and helped him take of his own before pulling on the drawstring of his pants. She was about to reach into his pants to find what she wanted when he shoved a hand down the back of her pants and slipped his fingers over he entrance. She was slightly stunned by the move and inhaled sharply and placed her hands on his chest for support.
He pushed his own pants down with one hand. When she reliase he was naked she pushed him towards the shower. As soon as they were in the shower she said "Turn the water on."
While he did so she pulled her pants down and threw them out of the shower. When Fitz turned around she grabbed his hard penis and quickly got down on her knees. She stroked him in her hand three times before covering the tip with her mouth and sinking him into her mouth. She continued to take him in her mouth.
When she took him out of her mouth and moved to lick his balls, he let her do so for a short period before needing to please her in return. He pulled her up, much to her disappointment and then backed her against the shower wall.
He ran his thumb from her clit to her opening to make sure she was wet enough before picking up one of her legs and alighning himself with her entrance. His first thrust was deep and she wimpered, trying not to be too loud. She grabbed the top of the shower screen to her right and wrapped the other around Fitz' neck and kissed him.
Her blowjob before hand had all but ensured they wouldn't go for very long together, which was probably for the best considering they were in the shower. He pounded into her roughly, but she found herself loving it so much she was already about to come. He kissed her again as she started moaning, to try to keep her quiet.
When he knew she was really close though he stuck his tounge in her ear and began swirling his hips just like his tounge. It was beyond erotic and as his pelvis circled it stimulate her clitorous and her muscles began clenching as her orgasm hit. Her muscles squeezing, and the muling sound she was making in his ear had him not too far behind at all.
When they had recovered they stood in the shower and tenderly washed each other, kissing in between.
"I don't like sleeping with you so far away." He said referring to the children.
"It will happen more often if we have a baby." She said mostly without thinking. Fitz paused his washing of her body.
"What?" She asked confused by why he had stopped.
"If we have a baby." He said with a broad smile. Olivia rolled her eyes.
"Gerry is going to ask May to marry him." Fitz said changing the conversation.
"What?" Olivia asked with a smile.
"He showed me the ring." He said.
"Wow." Olivia replied.
"I feel like such an old man." He said with a chuckle.
"You are an old man." She joked and Fitz smacked and squeezed her ass, pushing himself up against her.
"Do I need to remind you how much you love 'old'?" He asked, his errection pressing on her.
"Please do." She said looking up at him.
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When they got out of the shower and dressed both Ella and Teddy had disappeared. They found them down in the kitchen, Franklin making them both cereal. Olivia kissed Franklin and Teddy on the cheek good morning before scooping Ella up and showering her with kisses and singing happy birthday to her. She giggled and squirmed but with Fitz on the other side of Olivia she had no hope of escaping.
When the toast Franklin had put in the toaster for them popped they placed her back on the stool and went about making their own breakfast. "So, is when is Michelle getting here?" Franklin asked casually.
"I don't know, you're the one who walked her to her car last night, you didn't think to ask her?" Olivia said smartly.
"Oh ha ha Liv. I couldn't ask her, that would be way too obvious." He said rolling his eyes at her.
"Franklin, it's pretty obvious already." Fitz said with a chuckle.
"What's obvious?" Teddy asked.
"Nothing." Franklin said putting a plate of toast in front of him.
"Just don't use her as a rebound ok." Fitz said putting a hand on his shoulder as he walked past to get coffee mugs. As if on que, the doorbell rang.
"Can you answer the door please Franklin, I'm sure you wont be disappointed." Olivia said trying not to laugh.
"Oh you be quiet." He said before almost running out of the room. Fitz and Olivia shared a laugh. Olivia put some more bread in the toaster, knowing how much Brandon loved toast with her jam for breakfast.
Soon after everyone started coming down and Fitz started on a breakfast of bacon, eggs, sausages and hash browns for everyone. Both Fitz and Olivia loved having everyone around and gladly poured the coffee/juice, and cleared the table afterwards.
Once breakfast was finished Ella was bouncing off the walls so they agreed that they could go out and start the party. The three little ones quickly bounded off to the jumping castle after checking out everything else first. Everyone was moving the party outside when Karen approached Olivia.
"Hey Liv, could I borrow a car to go to the shops?" She asked.
"What do you need, we might have it." She asked automatically.
"Err, its ummm…." She stuttered awkwardly. Olivia turned her attention to her curiously.
"I have tampons upstairs if you need them."
"Ah, no…" She said and pulled Olivia into the kitchen. "I'm late." She whispered.
"Oh." Olivia said slightly surprised.
"Later than normal, and…" She began.
"Say no more, of course." Olivia said and walked to the front door to give Karen her keys. "Why don't you pick up some gaviscon while your out, say that breakfast gave you heartburn or something." Olivia suggested handing her the keys.
"Thanks Liv." Karen said kindly before heading out. Olivia turned around and saw Fitz walking across the room.
"Where has Karen gone?" He asked concerned.
"She said she had heartburn after breakfast so she went to the pharmacy." She responded.
"Oh, we could have sent Tom." He said wrapping his arms around her.
"She said she felt like a drive." She countered.
"Ok." He said before kissing her quickly and heading back outside.
When Olivia heard the front door close about half an hour later she went inside. She found Karen walking up stairs.
"You can use our ensuite if you want." Olivia said checking no one else was around. Karen smiled weakly and headed that way. "Do you want me to come with you?" Olivia asked. Karen swallowed.
"Would you mind?" Karen asked and Olivia shook her head no as she made for the stairs. Olivia closed the door to the master behind her as she entered, Karen heading straight for the bathroom.
"I'll wait for you out here Karen." Olivia said sitting on the bed. A minute later Karen emerged looking stressed. "Are you ok?" Olivia asked.
"I don't know. I can't decide what I want it to say." She said honestly.
"Wanna talk it out?" Olivia prompted. Karen sighed before speaking.
"I havn't told Andre, because I know he would be so excited, but if it is just a false alarm then I don't want him to be disappointed. I know he wants a baby, his family are always asking and hinting about having babies, and I want that too, but I just don't know if I am ready. I really want to finish my degree first and then maybe work a little bit before I give up my life for a child."
"I see where your coming from, but I don't think there is one person on this planet that was completely ready for a baby, so if it turns out you are you will be fine. You can study part time, and there is always daycare." She rationalized. Karen nodded.
"I mean, it doesn't really matter anymore, if I am I am, if I'm not, I'm not, no changing it, I just wish 5 minutes would hurry up." She said anxiously, running her hand through her hair which was very Fitz.
Olivia decided to deflect the conversation. "So your mum told us about her little wedding." Karen smiled.
"Yeah, it was nice. I'm glad I was there. Jerry walked her down the isle." She said still smiling.
"She looks happy." Olivia said.
"You all do." Karen replied.
When five minutes was up Karen went in to the bathroom and when she didn't hear anything Olivia followed her in. She was smiling.
"So?" Olivia asked.
"Negative." Karen said before depositing the test in the bin. Olivia and Karen rejoined the clebrations. Her conversation with Karen had sparked Olivia thinking about any future children of her and Fitz' and she became very quiet.
The next day once everyone had gone home, Olivia crawled into bed. Fitz assumed she was just exhausted from all the visitors so he joined her and they snuggled, falling asleep very early.
The next morning when Olivia really didn't want to get out of bed Fitz was a little worried about her and tried to coax what was wrong out of her but she wouldn't budge. He cooked her breakfast the next morning before heading to the bathroom. He opened a new toothbrush and went to put the plastic in the bin when he saw what else was in there. He picked it up quickly and saw that it was negative. He ran out to the bed.
"Is this why your upset?" He said holding up the test. "Cause we can start trying, really trying." He said sitting next to her. She sat up reluctantly.
"No." She said taking the test from his hand. She sighed, before speaking, knowing she should have just told him from the start.
"That isn't my test." She said and Fitz frowned, confused.
"It's Karen's." She answered his unspoken question and she saw a mixture of emotions cross his face in about 3 seconds. "She was late, and feeling unwell so I said she could take my car to the chemist."
"So why are you upset?" He asked.
"Because I think that maybe we would be selfish to have a baby together." She said looking at him hesitantly.
"What do you mean?" He asked confused.
"Karen, Jerry and Franklin are all in a position that if they had a child it would not be the worst thing in the world. If you and I have a baby, our child would be the same age, or close to their children. They would have an aunty or uncle who is more like a cousin. And we aren't young Fitz, is it fair that we bring a child into the world when we know we wont be around to be grandparents to their children. And there are just so many children who don't have homes, and we have plenty of room, maybe we should help them, rather than brining someone else into the mix. And what if what happened before happens again, I'm not sure I could handle it, or what if there are complications from that, or what if we can't even get that far" She was rambling.
"Woah… slow down." He said trying to think about all the points she made. He grabbed her hand.
"Karen and Jerry already have a brother who is more than 15 years younger than them, I don't think it will worry them too much. And at least they will have people around their own age to play with if Karen or Jerry or Franklin have children soon. As for age, I like to think that I would live to see any child of ours live to at least 50" he winked "and you at least 60. And being young doesn't necessarily mean you get to see more of your child's life, life is unpredictable. Maybe they will have mainstreamed cryogenics by then and we will live forever." He took a breath. "I would have no problem adopting a child or children if that's what you want to do, but I would love to have a child who was a perfect mixture of you and me running around. Nothing would make me happier. And if your worried about last time, we can go to a doctor, the best in the country and see what he has to say, but I think it will be ok. You were under so much stress." He paused, thinking back to all her points "Now, I think that answers everything you said." He exhaled. She crawled out from under the covers and into his lap.
"Ok." She said as she rested her head on his shoulder.
"Ok?" He asked, not knowing exactly what she was saying ok to.
"Lets go see a doctor." She said. He pulled away from her to look in her eyes. She had never seen him so hopefull as he was in that moment.
"You want a baby with me?" He asked for clarity.
"I want a baby with you." She said smiling back at him.
"We can wait as long as you want." He said rubbing her back.
"I don't want to wait any longer. After we see a doctor, and if he says we can try, I think we should." He kissed her hard.
"God I love you." He said once he pulled away from the kiss.
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So that Friday, they headed down to D.C. for Karen's birthday and Olivia made an appointment with her gynaecologist after hours.
They arrived and settled in Olivia's apartment before heading to the gynaecologist. Olivia had asked Fitz if he wanted to come and he had been very eager, and on the car over, anxious almost.
"Dr. Rowe. Good to see you again." Olivia said as they entered the doctors surgery and Dr. Rowe was at the reception desk waiting for them.
"You too Olivia." She said reaching out her hand for Olivia to shake which she did. "Mr President." She said next moving her hand towards him. "Pleasure to meet you." She said and Fitz shook her hand.
"You too." He said.
"Shall we go into my office?" She suggested once she had dropped Fitz' hand. They both nodded.
"So." She said moitioning for the chairs next to her desk. "I assume with the presence of President Grant that you aren't here for a check up." Dr Rowe said as she pulled up Olivia's file on the computer.
"You would be correct." Olivia smiled. "I was wondering if you could discuss with us the possibility of becoming pregnant, and any options we have." She said grabbing Fitz' hand. The doctor smiled.
"Congratulations." She said beaming at the both of them.
"Olivia is particularly worried because she had a miscarriage last year." Fitz said looking adoringly at Olivia and squeezing her hand as she looked at the doctor, looking down only for a second before making eye contact once more.
"And was that your first pregnancy?" The doctor asked, even though she had Olivia' records. Olivia nodded.
"Ok, so we would need to run some test to see if there is an underlying problem, as there is not history of miscarriages, but I understand that it was likely stress related, so don't worry too much, but it is best to know these things. Now, with your age, we should probably see how many eggs you have going, and you should probably think about whther you might like to freeze some in the event that there are only a few left."
"Do you think my age will be a problem in conception?" Olivia asked.
"Honestly, everybody is different. Some 50 year olds fall pregnant accidentally, some 20 year olds have trouble conceiving, so try not to think of it too much, it is more important when you are actually preganant in terms of indentifying risk factors." The doctor said, Olivia nodded in response.
"So when can we do the tests?" Olivia asked eagerly.
"Well I understand you had your depot shot about 7 weeks ago, so it is unlikely you will conceive for at least another 6 weeks, but it could be longer. We can do a blood test now, and an ultra-sound to check everything looks in order, and we should probably do a pap-smear while we are here."
"So we can't start trying yet?" Fitz asked.
"You can practice." She smirked. "But depot can be effective for much longer than the 12 week repeat we recommend, and sometimes people become so worked up by their cycles and the word 'trying'" she used air quotes "that it is actually detrimental. And if your unsuccessful then it can be emotionally taxing."
"How will we know when we can try?"
"Just start now and see what happens. Enjoy the trying." The doctor said and Fitz and Olivia smiled at one another.
"Ok, so lets go take some blood and do a pap smear etc and we will go from there." The doctor said and Fitz and Olivia both stood. The doctor escorted Olivia to another room, advising that Fitz didn't want to be in the room for all the tests, so he sat outside.
Olivia was out 15 minutes later. Fitz quickly moved to her side and held her hand. She squeezed it reassuringly, and they both left the clinic. They hopped in the car and headed back to Olivia's apartment for the night, after stopping off for some dinner.
As soon as they were through the door Fitz had Olivia against the wall kissing her.
"Fitz." She giggled as he kissed her neck.
"Doc said enjoy trying, that's what I am trying to do. Can't ignore doctors orders." He said before he picked her up and took her to her bedroom where he began taking her clothes off, once he was fully naked he climbed up the bed, kissing her body as he went. Once he reached her lips he kissed her passionately and she wrapped herself around him.
She wimpered slightly as he disconnected from her mouth to return to her body. He groped one hand down her side and squeezed her ass as he sucked on a nipple. Olivia grabbed his head in her hands and moaned.
As he moved from one nipple to the other, he moved his hand from her ass around her thigh before running it between her lower lips. He felt the moisture there and broke off from her nipple to make eye contact with her, he groaned as he saw she was biting her lip.
She pulled his face to hers and smashed her lips to his. Fitz continued to slip his fingers between her lower lips teasing her enrance. As he slipped two fingers into her his brow furrowed with arousal. They continued to make eye contact as his fingers moved inside her.
When his thumb moved up towards her clit she broke the eyecontact with amoan and throwing her head back. Fitz took the opportunity to kiss her neck, sucking enough to leave a mark.
Olivia began panting "Fitz, this isn't how you make a baby." She said breathlessly.
"You wanna make a baby?" He asked not changing the movement of his fingers.
"Mmmhmmm" She muled softly.
"I can't hear you?" He said deeply.
"I…want...to…make…a…baby." She pants more heavily pulling his hand out of her. So he repositions himself at her entrance.
"Lets make a baby." He said as he pushed his hard cock inside her.
"Yes." Olivia said loudly as he entered her. She wasn't usually that loud but Fitz loved it. He pulled out slowly and then pushed back in.
"I love it when your loud." He let his desire be known.
"Yeah." She asked as he pushed into her again. He nodded.
"Faster." She demanded loudly and Fitz obliged.
"Fitz!" she yelled. And he kissed her. He was so turned on by how loud she was that he thought he could finish very shortly. He grabbed one of her breasts and squeezed. Olivia wimpered again. She reached around his torso and scraped her fingers across his back. When she dug her nails in he felt a wave of pleasure wash over and knew he needed to get her off soon. So he dragged one hand across her body and between the two of them, reaching his wet destination be began rubbing circles around her swollen bud.
"Yes!" She yelled, realizing just how much she too was loving being vocal. Fitz moved to be kneeling and grabbed one of her legs from around him and lay it against his chest.
"Right there baby." She yelled again and Fitz began speeding up.
"Yes…Yes…Yes…Fitz…Oh My God!" She said between strokes.
"I'm going to come!" She yelled again and seconds later they both came, hard. Fitz continued to plunge into her while he could feel her contracting around him. When they were both coming down from their orgasms he leaned in and kissed her, feeling a tighter squeeze around his cock. He pulled out of her, not ready for round two just yet. He wrapped her in his arms and they quickly fell asleep in a post-coital bliss.
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The two lovers awoke in the morning, and practiced again in the shower before starting their days. When they dressed after their shower Olivia frowned at the smell of food that wafted through her house. She walked to the kitchen and found Franklin dancing while he cooked with his headphones in.
Olivia approached from behind and moved his headphones off his ears. "Good morning." She said. He turned around and hugged her, returning the greeting.
"Franklin?" Fitz said walking in behind her.
"Hey Fitz." Franklin said and Fitz held his hand out to shake Franklin's hand.
"When did you get here?" Olivia asked.
"Last night. I heard you guys come in, but decided not to interrupt." He said and Olivia blushed. "Don't worry, I just put my headphones on." He said.
"You know what, I don't even care. If you had told me you were going to be here we wouldn't have been so loud." Olivia said as she playfully hit his arm before moving to put the kettle on.
"Where is Lilly?"Olivia asked.
"She said she is flying in today. She will text me when she lands." He said.
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Karen's party was a small affair really, but everyone enjoyed catching up. There were lots of questions about the wedding, and Olivia and Fitz didn't mind at all.
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That Monday Fitz and Olivia didn't return to Vermont, but decided to stay in D.C. an extra day, and strangely enough do some sight seeing. They had seen everything in the city, yes, but they never had the time to actually look, and they even popped into the Smithsonia to look around and visit Eli. They all went to lunch. After their meal, they were sitting there when Fitz gave Olivia a look that said she should say what they had discussed. She glared at him for all of one second before taking a sip of water.
"Dad, I wanted to discuss something with you." She said and Eli put down his glass of wine.
"Go ahead." He motioned with one hand and a smile.
"With the wedding coming up, I wanted to let you know that Caroline, and her children will be there." Olivia said.
"Thank you for telling me, but honestly, I would like to apologise to her." He said.
"I'm glad that isn't a problem for you." She smiled. "And, ummm, at the wedding, I don't want you to give me away." She said and only a slight twitch gave away his disappointment.
"I understand." He said calmly.
"I don't want you to give me away because I think the whole concept is old fashioned. I'm not your possession, and I won't become Fitz' once we are married. But, I would like it if you walked me down the isle." She said and he brightened up before his eyes welled with tears and one slipped out. He wiped it away and Olivia reached for his hand.
"I thought I would miss seeing you get married at all, so walking you down the isle is the greatest honour you could give me, apart from being your father." He said emotion clear in his voice.
"So you and Mary will need to come the day before for the rehearsal." She smiled. "You know, I wouldn't mind meeting her before the wedding." She hinted.
"We could see if she is in her office if you would like?" He suggested nervously. Olivia nodded.
"I would like that." So the three of them walked from Eli's office to Mary's. Eli knocked.
"Knock knock." He said as knocked.
"Come in." They heard through the door. Eli opened the door and stepped in first. Mary walked over and kissed his lips. When Eli was slightly hesitant she stood back and saw why.
"Mary, this is Olivia. Olivia, this is Mary." He said motioning between them.
"Olivia, it is sucha pleasure to meet you." Mary said hugging Olivia warmly. Olivia smiled and hugged her back.
"Its nice to meet you too. I though, while we were here that we should meet. Oh, and this is Fitz." Olivia said motioning to him.
"Mr President." Mary said shaking his hand.
"Please call me Fitz." Fitz replied with a smile. Mary nodded.
"So, I was just telling Dad that the two of you will have to come up a day early for the rehearsal." Olivia smiled.
"Thank you so much for inviting me. I'll admit, I am quite excited. I havn't been to a wedding in some time."
"Well, we probably should be going, but it was so nice to meet you." Olivia said hugging Mary again and kissing her Dad's cheek. Fitz shook Mary's hand and kissed her cheek and shook Eli's hand.
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Fitz and Olivia went back to Vermont that day and in between planning for the wedding, they continued to make love all over the house.
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Not sure if all the conception stuff is strictly true, as I am not a doctor, but I tried not to be too specific.
Please review.