Waking up this morning I was ready for a battle. I knew my parents were staying at my house for the next week and that in itself was a headache. Walking towards Mathew's room I could hear him whispering on the phone with someone.
"I'm hungry and mommies still sleeping…. Long pause…. I don't want her to be mad at me for waking her up….. Can you please come over I miss you lots….. Longer pause…. How come… Really okay I'll see you later love you."
Olivia felt it was now an appropriate time and see who her son was on the phone with although she already had her suspicions.
"OHH" Mathew gasp seeing his mother walk through his bedroom right after he got of the phone with his daddy. Thinking of how he no longer was going to be hungry his excitement grew tenfold. "MOMMY! You're up now I'm radished" Olivia couldn't help the chuckle that came out of her mouth listening to her two year old son describe himself as a vegetable to say that he was extremely hungry. Chuckling Olivia begins to ask Matt who he was just on the phone with.
"Just daddy mommy he said he's going to come over when pop-pop and nana come over and stay for dinner. That's awesome right I missed daddy. How come he doesn't live with us like normal daddies."
Looking at her son she had no idea how to explain to him that they weren't normal mommy and daddies. How do you explain to a child that when you were pregnant your boyfriend left you and you had no one else to turn to and that the father figure in her son's life put his life on hold to help her out and got odd jobs to help pay for diapers. They weren't normal mommies and daddies. He didn't look at her like a daddy is suppose too look at mommy. Coming out of her bubble she realized that she had yet to answer her son's question.
"Daddy doesn't live with us because… Don't you like your room at daddies house its huge and it has all your toys in it." Olivia attempted to change the topic from her and Fitz's odd relationship not wanting to explain it to her son.
"Yeah I love my room and it has my big boy race car bed."
"Well if daddy lived with us you'd have to give all that stuff away and you couldn't have your room anymore. That's not fun huh."
"Oh no I don't want to give my room away mommy I like my race car bed at daddies home I don't have a race car bed here. I have a baby bed."
Looking at her son she can't help but giggle over his serious contemplating face. It's like he's trying to decide what he would do without his new bed Fitz insisted on buying him. Crisis avoided Olivia keeps telling herself.
"Come on bud lets' get you something to eat."
"Okay mommy can we have panicakes with strawberries"
"We can have anything you want bud now let's hurry up so were not late getting nana and pop-pop."
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Going around in circles at the airport terminal was not how Olivia had envisioned picking up her parents up at the airport was going to be like yet here she was with a sleepy two year old going in her thirteenth circle around the terminal. Wanting to give up she looks at her ringing phone hoping it's her parents with an accurate destination so that she can park.
"Hello. Ugh Fitz why are you calling."
"I just wanted to know if we were going out to eat tonight or if I should make dinner at your house"
"I made reservations at Believe tonight for four"
"Okay well I guess I'll see you tomorrow" Fitz quickly got off the phone attempting to hide his hurt feelings of not being invited even after all of the things he has done for Olivia especially In these last few weeks.
Not understanding why Fitz hung up on her so quickly and needing to get to the bottom of it before she meet her parents she parked the car and called him back.
"Why did you hang up on me?"
"I was done with the conversation. You told me your plans and you seem busy."
"Can you please drop the attitude before dinner I don't understand why you're mad at me when I haven't done anything wrong."
"Olivia there are five of us and you made reservations for four obviously you don't want me to have a seat at dinner."
Olivia couldn't contain her laughter once she realized why Fitz was so upset and short with her. "Mathew is staying at the house with Abby tonight so that we can have a grown up dinner with my parents."
Feeling dumb Fitz slowly nodded his head understanding what she had originally meant. "Okay I'll see you at dinner"
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(Parents Perspective)
Olivia my goodness it took forever to find your car. This is not where your father and I told you we would be. I thought we agreed that you wouldn't park. We've been waiting for you since our plane landed at noon and it's almost approaching two o'clock. We attempted to call you but it just kept going to voicemail.
I'm sorry mother I was on the phone with Fitz and I didn't see your call. I'm very happy that you safely found the car and I cannot wait to spend this week with you. Olivia states slightly annoyed with her mother's tone while rolling her eyes.
Where's my handsome grandson Olivia's father ask completely ignoring her and going straight for her sleeping two year old.
Olivia he is asleep I thought you said he would be awake. We don't even get to spend time with him today because you want us to have dinner with your supposed fiancé.
Having dinner was both of your ideas Olivia says in a quick exhausted breath.
Who do you think you're talking to with that tone Olivia's mother quickly reprimands.
Olivia just sits in her car quietly contemplating how she was going to survive dinner with her parents let alone this trip from hell.
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AN:/ next chapter Olivia and Fitz go out to dinner how do you think that is going to go? This chapter took a little while to write because I had no idea where I was going with this story. Expect an update by the end of this week if not early next week. Thank you for the reviews and continue to give me your feedback. I love reading your thoughts and how I can improve the story