AN: Here's chapter 10. So... what do you guys think about that season premiere? Honestly I'm having lots of trouble with the whole Jake thing, and it's not only him I dislike right now. I just don't understand how could she just leave and have a good time, chillin' at the beach when the love of her life is in so much pain (he freking tried to kill himself), don't get me wrong I love Olivia, but I find some of her actions a bit questionable. Also I now have mixed feelings about Mellie I think the writers did a good job on her this time, anyway hope you guys enjoy :)
Jake sat outside a low end bar on a shady part of Nassau, he was almost passed out drunk, and high on some cheap stuff he could get his hands on. The fear of command drove him mad and he used the drugs and the alcohol to escape from it. He had started doing jobs for the local criminal boss to make sure he didn't run out of money to get the drugs, and they also made it easier for him to get them.
For a moment he thought about leaving the Bahamas, but then he thought that if command knew he would realize sooner that something was wrong, so he decided not to risk it and stayed there; it didn't really make him feel much safer, since that way command knew just where to find him but at least he seemed to know nothing yet, and Jake was giving him no reason to look into things.
After a long week of interviews and more press conferences, his divorce was final, and to say he was relieved was an understatement. All of her belongings had been moved out of the residence already, some went to the blair house with her and some went into storage. Mellie was moving to Boston in a couple of days and she'd be out of his life at last. They would only see each other occasionally for the kids, and if she wanted to go into politics he would support her, but that was it.
The problem was, that Fitz didn't feel as happy as he thought he would after finally divorcing Mellie, he was still mourning for his son, and Olivia was gone. He couldn't wait to tell her that he was free, and that they could finally have the life they both wanted.
It was wednesday afternoon and just couldn't wait for the week to be over, Karen was already out of school, so he was taking her and Teddy to Camp David for a few days. At first Cyrus complained about him going away for longer than the weekend, but Abby told them it looked good that he was taking the time to be with his children after the divorce, and people would love it. Fitz didn't really do it to look good, but al long as everyone was ok with his plans he would go with it.
After a while of not being able to work Fitz decided he had to do something about Olivia, it was killing him to just sit there and wait so he called Tom into his office, he thought he was the only one he could trust to help him.
"Tom, I need you to do me a favor" Fitz told him
"Of course sir, what do you need?" Tom asked him.
"I need you to look into the logs of people leaving the country around the time Olivia left, I need to know where she is" Fitz explained.
"Ok sir, I'll do it right away" Tom cursed in his head, this was just not good, because he would have to tell command about it, he still needed to keep doing his job to him, otherwise, their whole operation would be compromised. He had to tell Huck about it so he could do something to get Fitz to stop looking into Olivia. He left the oval and went to find Huck.
"Huck" Tom said in a low voice.
"Do you need something?" Huck asked
"He asked me to look into Olivia, to know where she went"
"And you have to tell command or you are screwed along with all of this" Huck said, Tom just nodded. "I will have a plan in case it's needed, but for now, I think we are fine, it makes sense that if The Boy is in the dark about commands plan he will try to find her". Huck added, the had started to use The Boy as Fitz codename, he actually suggested it, as a way to mock the stuff Rowan said to him.
Tom nodded again and went to do the job Fitz had asked, he didn't really need to look for it, but he had to make it look like he knew nothing for the sake of everyone involved. He called command to let him know what had happened. After he got the information he went back to report to Fitz. He knocked on his office door and Fitz told him to come in.
"Did you find her?" Fitz asked.
"Yes sir, she took a flight to Nassau at night on the day she left" He dropped some papers on Fitz' desk.
"Nassau" Fitz said in a low voice, he was thinking to sign a little further, to find where she was living and to take air force one to go there and get her back. A part of him told him it was a bad idea, since command was still free, but another part of him just couldn't wait to see her again. He also thought that maybe he could just visit her and see how she was or go there on a pretend family vacation and try to see her. Nothing permanent until they had command.
"Thanks Tom, you can go now, I will let you know if I need anything else" Fitz told him, and he left the office. Fitz sat there thinking about what to do about the things he had just found out when his phone brought him back to reality. He answered without checking the caller.
"Hello" He said
"Mr President" a deep voice came from the phone and he recognized it immediately.
"What can I help you with?" He said sharply
"Nothing really, I actually called to help you" Rowan replied
"Is that so?"
"You see, I know you are looking for my daughter, but you should save your energy Fitzgerald, she is not interested, and now that you are divorced you can go get some rich bimbo to stand by your side, leave Olivia alone"
"I don't know what you are talking about" Fitz said, anger clear in his voice
"She's got Ballard now, back off, and if you don't believe me go check who left for Nassau a week before she did" Rowan hung up the phone right after.
Fitz was livid, he couldn't believe the nerve of that man, but he also needed to know if what he said was true, if Olivia was with Jake. He kept telling himself Rowan only said it to rile him up, but he had to know.
"TOM" He yelled. Tom came running into his office.
"Sir"
"I need you to see if Jake Ballard left for Nassau a week before she did, and also use your contacts to know if both of them stayed there" Fitz ordered him
Tom nodded and left the office in a hurry, he went to find Huck right away.
"It's bad now" He said to Huck "Command told him about Jake and now he wants me to find out if he is in Nassau too"
"I got this" Huck replied "You go do what he asked and tell command he succeeded again"
Huck went to one of the safe places he had in the white house and dialed Olivia's number. She was making dinner for her and Jerry, they were celebrating he was getting rid of the diapers, he had gotten much better, gained a few pounds and he could almost eat like a normal teenager again. She was making baked potatoes and salad, they were going to eat steak, but she wasn't sure she could get it right so she ordered it from a local restaurant. She only had to put on her Lucy costume and make sure Jerry could not be spotted from the door. She had also ordered groceries, Huck had left her many things but vegetables had to be bought fresh. Jerry had finally been allowed to sit on the kitchen island and he was watching her cook. When her burner phone rang, they both exchanged worried looks, they knew that if that phone rang, it had to be from DC.
"Hello" she said anxiously.
"Lucy, we have a situation" Huck said
"What is it Randy?" Huck and decided he needed a code name too just in case.
"The Boy got desperate and looked you up, he found out and told him about the weasel, The Boy thinks you are with him and he is not handling it well" Huck explained.
Olivia held onto the edge of the sink to keep her balance, she had a bad feeling this was coming after it was announced he was officially divorced.
"What can we do?" she asked
"You have to call him, I will arrange it, tonight, before we meet with Rosen" Huck told her.
"No, I… I can't, what if… it could make it worse" She stammered
"You have to, just assure him you are not with the weasel, if he hears it from you he will believe it, if we don't get him under control, the whole ODC would be compromised"
"Fine, I will do it you are right" she said
"Wait for my call, I will change phone after this, it phone number 4 you have the number, and you change phone too" He said good bye and ended the call. Olivia was a bit shaken after it.
"Is everything ok" Jerry asked her
"Yes… No… it's going to be ok"
"Can you tell me what happened" he pressed.
"Your dad tried to find me, he thinks I'm in Nassau, and my dad told him I'm with Jake, since he actually is in Nassau, your dad thinks I'm with him" Olivia explained "If your dad goes all crazy with this, my dad could find out everything"
"And we would be screwed" Jerry added
"Yes. that's why I will talk to him later to make sure everything stays under control"
"So this Jake guy, you mentioned he thought he was leaving with you, and that he was b613 too, but was he like your friend or did you date him?" Jerry inquired.
"I did date him, briefly, big mistake. He was friends with your dad, from the navy, he was supposed to be watching after me, but he went the extra mile" Olivia said
"So you and dad, you guys were not together like the whole time since you met?" Jerry asked
"No, we've had our fair share of trouble, but that's one of the biggest ones" Olivia replied "We were apart for a long time, we both did things we regret" She continued preparing dinner.
"Care to elaborate?"
"He found out about something that I did, we did, your mother, Cyrus, and a couple of other people, he was really angry and he felt betrayed so he ended things… badly" Olivia explained, as she went to retrieve the steaks from the oven, where had put them to keep them warm.
"That's vague" he stated
"Sorry, it's just that, it's very serious, and I'm not sure I should tell you" Olivia told him
"More serious than faking my death? I think I can handle it, I swear I won't tell a soul, it's not like I can talk to anyone besides you anyway"
"Fine just…" She sighed "We rigged your father's election, but he didn't know, it wasn't his fault" She finally told him.
Jerry was quite shocked, he never thought his dad's presidency wasn't legit, he understood why he got so mad, they had actually done something terrible behind his back, and knowing his dad, he would have never agreed to it. Olivia explained the whole defiance thing to Jerry, leaving Verna's assisted death out; she told him his dad was so mad he said very hurtful things to her, and that they were apart for a very long time.
"I know it was wrong, but I started having doubts and it was all up to me, everyone else had agreed, and I gave in"
"Did he ever try to divorce my mom before" He asked after a little while. Olivia was thankful that he moved on from defiance, she had already fixed the plates and they were eating.
"Yeah, see, the first time we broke up it was because I didn't want him to be a cheater anymore so I stopped working for him and left, he took it baldy and had an affair with someone else, after we got past that he wanted to, but there was a situation so I gave your mother the idea of saying they were so happy, she was pregnant, I just couldn't let him throw everything away for me" Olivia spoke in a low voice. "That was not ok for me to do, don't get me wrong, your baby brother is a blessing, but it's not ok to go around making choices for other people" she continued "We got your father cornered on that one, and being the noble hearted man that he is, he decided to go with it instead of trying to fight it and dragging us all through the mud" Jerry nodded and kept eating, when she didn't keep on talking he looked up at her expectantly. She took the hint and went on.
"After he got shot, he decided life was too short to not do what he wanted, he almost did it before the defiance fall out, but Mellie induced labor so he had to wait, then everything went wrong. The last one was after we buried defiance, we got together, you mother went on national television to say he was a cheater. We were going to fight it all, but I couldn't just leave my team hanging after all they did to fix defiance, it wasn't right so I told him to go back to your mother… and he did"
Jerry had stopped eating after he heard of his mother putting the life of his baby brother at risk, just to keep her position as first lady.
"She induced labor just to keep my dad?" he said with a mix of anger and confusion. Olivia realized that she should have left that out. She nodded. "Unbelievable"
"Yes, but your brother had no issues whatsoever, and that's what matters" Olivia said in an attempt to make him feel better.
"That woman is a piece of work"
"She is your mom"
"Still, who does that?" Jerry exclaimed, he tried to compose himself so he could continue eating, and Olivia would keep on talking. "Anyway, what happened after that, when he got back to her, cause I know you guys were together we he was getting reelected"
"Yeah, we were like on and off for a bit there, he was being kind of… rude" Olivia tried to explain.
"Rude, really? You can call him what you want I don't mind, just don't try to sugarcoat it makes me feel stupid" Olivia smiled at that.
"Yeah I guess he was being kind of an idiot, the whole being together but not was really getting to us, then we almost got back together, I was going to work on his reelection campaign, but I found that he… he shot down the plane where my mom supposedly died" She paused for a moment gathering her thoughts. "I was so mad, but it wasn't really his fault, and he couldn't really talk about it, after all he got his orders and it was a matter of national security. He really wanted to fix things between us, so he showed me how serious he was about us despite everything, we got out everything we ha been holding and we kind of got back together, until I left for all of this"
"What do you mean he showed you how serious it was? It's not code for like…" he said with a disgusted expression on his face, regretting his decision to ask.
"What… oh no, no, he hmm… he showed me a house he had built for us when it seemed we were going to make it" She of course left out everything else they did.
"A house wow, that's romantic" Jerry said "So that's the story, thanks I guess" he said as he played with the food on his plate. "You guys really have gone through a lot"
"Anything else you would like to know?" She asked him, she wanted to get all his questions answered already to avoid further awkward situations.
"So my dad won this election fair and square" Olivia nodded "You think my death had anything to do with it?" Jerry was a smart kid and he remembered how his dad said that was it for him, he remembered talking about it with his dad and telling him he was sorry he was going to loose.
"Yeah, it had a lot to do with your dad's reelection, he deserved it but politics are a mess" Olivia explained "That's the other reason why I think your dad is not going to forgive me so easy, I wanted him to win this election all by his own, and he had made peace with losing, he wanted to do things right, and I took that away again"
"Yeah, but you didn't do it for the election, that was just collateral damage, you did it to protect me and my family" he told her "We will explain it to him, I'm sure everything will be fine at some point"
"Thank you" Olivia told Jerry
"For what?"
"For trusting me, for being ok with me and your dad, and for trying to make me feel better"
"Well, it's the least I could do for the person who risked so much to save me, and also, you've always been nice to me, you paid more attention to me and my sister during the campaign than our own mother, so I figured… If you tell me you saved me from your evil parents and you are only trying to protect us so the monster can be caged, I believe you, we kinda only have each other now"
AN2: So things are looking better for Jerry, let's hope the guys in DC get the monster in his cage soon. Olivia is really worried about her future with Fitz once everyhting is fixed what do you think will happen? Thank you all for you follows, favorites and reviews they make very happy. Please share your thoughts, not only for this, but I would like to know what you think of the show too, feel free say anything, agree or disagree, it keeps things interesting :).
