Dinner with the popes
Fitz sat in his room waiting for the clock to hit six so that he could drive to believe and make the seven o'clock reservation. He wasn't really nervous to have dinner with Olivia's parents. He knew her father loved h7m, and her mother, she was a different story. She just didn't enjoy seeing Olivia happy, and she was a back closeted racist. He figured the dinner would last 10 minutes before Maya made A below the belt comment that would offend him or Olivia. Ten minutes was pushing his luck but he truly hoped the whole dinner would be peaceful. Looking at the clock he realized that it was time to go to the restaurant.
Olivia pov
Looking at myself in the mirror I was truly ready for this dinner to be over with. The entire day had been draining and I really just wanted to take a nap and have my mother leave. I never understood why she hated me so much. She had treated me this way ever since I was little and I could never understand what I did wrong at such a young age. As I got older I realized that I would never have a motherly mother and I was okay with that I just wished you could look at things from my point of view but I knew that was like asking a dog to be a cat.
Live are you almost ready.
I heard my Father's voice behind my door and quickly opened it. Looking at my father I was glad I had him in my life. He was always supportive and treated me like his baby girl.
Looking up at him with a smile I grabbed my clutch and followed him to the doorway where my mother stood. Looking at us she had a disgusted look on her face and before she could make a comment my father gave her a stern look and she kept her mouth closed.
Driving to the restaurant was uneventful and I had no idea how dinner was going to go. Walking into the restaurant I gave the waiter my name and was seated at the table. Looking at Fitz I smiled grateful for his friendship. As I was reaching to grab my menu a soft hand grabbed my face and delicately placed a soft kiss amongst my lips as a greeting. Dazed I looked at Fitz's face sporting the largest grin. Still smiling at him I missed him greeting my parents and was only brought back into reality by the waiter who was ready to take our drinks. Looking at the waiter I ordered a glass of red wine and began to study my menu. After a few minutes I heard my father clear his throat. Looking up expectantly I waited for him to say something.
So Fitzgerald I understand that you want to marry my daughter.
Yes sir it appears that I do
With a slight chuckle Olivia elbowed Fitz and sent him a death glare for joking around about their arrangement.
Eli looked at Olivia and laughed at her reaction. So Fitzgerald why do you think that you are the man for my daughter.
I love your daughter sir. I don't know what I would do without her or Mathew in my life. Everything I do in my life always is in the best interest of them and I don't think I would still be here without Olivia's friendship in my life. I don't know if those things make me the best man for your daughter. I do know that from the qualities I listed there will be no other man to love your daughter or work as hard to please her than I will.
Eli smiled at Fitz and was glad his live had someone that great in her life that loved her.
After making his declaration of love to Olivia's father Fitz quickly looked at Olivia to see tears in her eyes. Hoping that those tears were tears of happiness he smiled and squeezed her thigh. The rest of dinner went smoothly with flowing conversation from Eli and Fitz. Maya remained quite throughout the whole dinner and no one paid special attention to the way she was acting.
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Now that dinner was over Olivia crawled into bed and thought about the events that happened that night. Fitz told her father that he loved her. She knew he was being serious from the look on his face she just didn't understand what form of love he meant. Did he love her as a friend or did he love her love her. Olivia feel asleep contemplating which form of love Fitz was talking about and if she would finally be able to tell him her true feelings.
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Second day of parent's arrival (Saturday)
Olivia woke up to the smell of bacon and her son's laughter. Walking down the hallway she could barely make out what Mathew was saying.
"No nana no more tickles nooooo. Papa please save me nana's gonna tickle me sum more. Laughter erupted from her father as she watched him save her son from her mother's tickles. She looked at her mother's face and actually saw a smile. Before she could bring herself into a somber place she quickly made her presence known by clearing her voice.
Mommy your awake I missed you.
Picking up her son she quickly told him good morning and asked him about his night with his aunt Abby.
(Matthew)
Quickly grabbing lives cheeks he quickly stated "Smooched mommy and smacked a big kiss onto her lips before animatedly answering all of his mother's questions. Before Olivia could put Mathew down he immediately began to ask about the whereabouts of his father.
"Where's daddy mommy"
"He is at home mat but he told me to give you a big kiss last night when I saw him"
"You saw daddy last night mommy, how come I didn't see him last night. I wanna see daddy too. I wanna see daddy last night too."
Looking at her son Olivia decided to come up with a quick solution to a battle with her son that she did not want to have at eight o'clock in the morning.
"Okay Matt you can see daddy right now. How about we go call him and have him come over for breakfast with us nana and papa.
"Yeah I want daddy to come over now. I miss him this much. Mathew displayed with a large stretch of his hands.
Olivia chuckled at how much Matt loved Fitz. She worried that one day Fitz would find a girlfriend and have a family of his own. Leaving them on the back burner but after last night she knew she had nothing to fear. Looking at her parents she wondered if they would enjoy the zoo. She knew Matthew had been asking to go and figured everyone could go after breakfast in Fitz's car.
Enjoying the thought of spending more time with Fitz she quickly dialed his number so she could make her thought a reality.
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After breakfast everyone piled into Fitz's range rover ready to embark on their new adventure. The car ride was laidback with her parents enjoying their time with Mathew and Fitz holding Olivia's hand. She began to wonder if he was doing all of these things to keep up the façade of a dutiful fiancé or if he really wanted to do these things because he had feelings for her.
The first hour at the zoo consisted of everyone following Mathew around from exhibit to exhibit. Once everyone had seen half of all the animals Olivia decided to let everyone have a break and recoup from all of their walking around. After lunch Mathew went with Olivia's parents leaving her and Fitz alone.
After a few minutes of silence Olivia decided to break the ice.
"You know you don't have to hold my hand no one expects you to hold my hand and I don't want you to feel obligated to do so."
"I know"
Was all Fitz stated and somehow that short reply got on her nerves. Here she was being nervous and making sure he didn't feel pressured to do things he wanted to do and all he says is I know. He knows. Obviously she knew that he was under no obligation to do anything and that he could walk away from her at any moment. She knew these things she knew that it was his game and ball was in his hands, but she deserved more than just an okay. She deserved more than a two word sentence, and why in the hell was he still holding her hand. If he knew so damn well that he didn't have to why was her hand in his possession. Fuming she quickly snatched her hand away from his and began to walk away to a different exhibit.
Laughing at Olivia's reaction to his okay Fitz quickly moved to action before she was truly mad and no longer speaking to him.
Liv
Liv
Olivia stop a second I'm calling you. Why are you so upset I thought we were having a no e time bad you look like you're ready to kill me.
Seriously liv the silence treatment what are we six. Can you please let me know why I did wrong so that you can stop being mad at me and I can fix it.
Silence
Please liv just tell me what's wrong and I promise ill make it better. I'm sorry ok I don't truly know why you are this upset but I am one hundred percent sorry.
Liv. Are you going to make me beg because I won't beg it's not going to happen.
Okay ill beg if that is what it fakes I just want to hear your beautiful voice one more time.
As silence continued to grow between us I thought I was going to have an anxiety attack just from waiting to hear what she was going to say. Just as I was going to apologize once again for my wrong doings I heard her tiny little voice. Looking over at her I asked her to repeat what she just said.
Do you like me?
I stood there shocked trying to articulate the perfect thing to say in this moment. I opened my mouth to say something but nothing came out. The women of my dreams was asking me a simple question. A question I have wanted to leave her mouth a thousand times and all I could do was stand there and look like a fool. While I repeated her question over abs over aging in my head.
Do you like me?
Do you like me?
Gosh I loved you. If only I could get my body to have those words come out she would understand that just liking her was impossible. Especially when I have been loving her for so long.
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