AN: Finally an update! (sorry for the delay please don't hate me). So things are finally looking up for these guys, they might actually get to be happy now. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy :)


Fitz woke up in a state of pure bliss, with the woman he loved snuggled up with him, he couldn't remember when was the last time he had slept so well. He stayed there for a while just watching her sleep, he thought it was the most beautiful sight to wake up to. He laid his head back just enjoying the moment, the feel of her next to him, he felt like things were finally right in his life. He saw it was already 10 am, and figured she would be up soon so he went to get breakfast.

Olivia woke up to an empty bed a few minutes later, she thought it was odd that he had left her alone, but then she found a note on her bedside table that said he had gone to get something to eat. She was also incredibly happy, she hadn't felt so good in a very long time, so she didn't care it was quite late for her to still be in bed, she figured she deserved a morning off. She went to brush her teeth and then went back to bed to wait for him.

A little while later Fitz returned with a tray in his hands, he had gotten fresh fruit and pancakes, she looked at him with the goofiest smile on her face, that totally matched his.

"Morning beautiful" he said to her.

"Morning Handsome" she returned the greeting. "Breakfast in bed?"

"Of course, I wanted us to have a nice relaxed morning, the world will be fine without us for a little while" he carefully placed the tray in her lap and then got back in bed next to her. He grabbed the maple syrup and stared pouring it over the pancakes, she had already started with fruit, she took a bite and then fed him a few pieces. "I wish we could do this every morning" he said after they had finished the fruit.

"Well I don't think we could sleep in every day, but maybe on weekends" she continued eating, trying to not make a big deal of the fact that she had just implied they would be spending their mornings together. It was the first time she actually talked about them having the life they wanted like a regular couple. Fitz was speechless, his emotions were going wild, he wanted to talk about it, make plans, talk about the future, but he took a deep breath and decided to not push it and just enjoy the moment.


Jerry was in the residence, quietly enjoying a bowl of cereal, he had wanted to wait for Karen to have breakfast, and he knew Fitz would not be there, but then he got really hungry so he started without her. About halfway through his bowl of cereal Karen finally walked in, she was out of her pjs already and looked like she had been up for a while.

"Is dad here yet?" Karen asked in a low voice

"Not yet, do you need anything?" Jerry felt something was wrong, he just hoped it had nothing to do with Olivia being with Fitz.

"I just wanted to ask him if mom is staying much longer" Karen sounded sad, and Jerry knew it had to be Mellie's fault, he'd been wondering what his next move should be since the previous night after he was done preparing the evening for his dad. He was trying to be cool about it, but she made just made it really difficult.

"I'm not sure he knows, I think she wants to stay long enough to look like a caring mother" Jerry remembered what he heard his dad tell her.

Karen scoffed "I'm just worried she might want a little more than that" Jerry waited for her to continue, he knew Karen was one to keep things to herself so he stayed quiet, hoping it would encourage her to continue. She stayed quiet for a while and Jerry kept eating his cereal, then at last she talked again.

"She texted me last night, she said she was sorry for not spending much time with us" Karen started, Jerry put his spoon down and gave her his full attention "She said she wanted to have breakfast with us, I got up on time but she was not here and I couldn't find her so I went to Andrew's office" Jerry worried the incident from months ago had been repeated.

"Oh god, they weren't" he said.

"No, that wasn't it, I didn't find them there actually" she cleared to Jerry. "After not finding her in his office I went to her old office and she was there, with him, and he seemed upset actually… can't blame him though" She looked down again, Jerry couldn't believe the nerve of that woman, he had an idea where his sister's story was going.

"She was telling him she had to get dad back, and us, but not because she cared" her eyes were beginning to water "She said it was unfair how much attention he was getting, how much people loved him now, that it was unfair he was getting to the best part of his administration and she wouldn't be getting anything from it" he voice was breaking and Jerry was getting so mad he resembled Fitz after he talked to Mellie.

"Andrew told her he thought they would get together, that he had been planning for it and she just told him they could keep their current arrangement and that she didn't care if dad kept his… I can't repeat that word… as long as she got what she deserved" Jerry was seeing red, he didn't expect anything else coming from her and he could take it but he wouldn't let her hurt his baby sister.

"Did you say anything, cause she didn't come here"

"No, I just ran from there and texted her that we wanted to sleep in like really late and to not come" Karen was in tears so Jerry reached for her hand.

"Don't worry sis, she will be out of our lives soon enough I got this" he left his unfinished breakfast and went to change his clothes.


Jerry knew it was way too late to barge in during Abby's mooring briefing, so to be sure people was there he tweeted he had something important to say and that he was headed to the press room at the moment, he only hoped no one stopped him before he got there.

He got there and it seemed like Olivia's team were not paying much attention to his twitter account so he braced himself and walked to the podium. The place was just filling with people, he figured it made sense because of the short notice, he waited a couple of minutes to talk. He would have liked to wait longer but that meant risk of getting caught.

"Good morning" he began "Again, I am not supposed to be here, I guess I should start asking for permission" he chuckled softly "I just really wanted to get something out there, I know there have been rumors about my family, my mom to be exact, that she is back and I've heard people want my parents back together, so I'm here to clear that up. My parents did not split because I supposedly died so they are not getting back together just because I'm alive, and believe me when I tell you, that is the last thing me or my sister want and she is only here because she is supposed to. For a very long time my dad tried to protect us from realizing what was going on with them, but we got older and we caught on, we know he only wants what's best for us" He took a deep breath, and paused for a little while, he had his performance well planned.

"Our mom was never the motherly, caring and nurturing type of person… when my dad married her, he thought they both wanted the same things in life, but I guess she actually never wanted kids…" Jerry allowed his voice to break a little bit.

"She liked the idea of a family with him, but that's it, she knew it was what was expected of her after marrying someone like my dad. I guess things were ok at first, but at some point my dad realized what she really felt and they started to have issues, I guess that is why my dad sent us to boarding school, he just wanted to protect us" he paused again for dramatic effect.

"I remember, as I got older and started noticing things, that my dad was always trying so hard to make things work and keep our family together, he really wanted to make his marriage work, and I guess sometimes it seemed like she did too so he kept trying. After my dad was elected things got a little better, my mom was excited about the new chapter in their lives, then she had my little brother, but soon enough…" another dramatic pause.

"Soon enough, things went back to the way they were before, we almost came home at the time, but my dad didn't want us to be hurt or anything, she liked what she had being with my dad, and did what she knew was expected from her… My dad was hurt to see what was going on, but he didn't want to accept that was it, he just tried so hard, I know that, I saw him… Look guys, I know my dad cheated and that was wrong, but can you imagine how hard it must be to be fighting alone for your marriage, to be the only one who wants to make things work…" Jerry had it all planned to make his dad look like the greatest guy ever, so he had to tackle the cheating issue.

"I guess that when I was gone my dad just realized he had been fighting a lost cause, and he wanted to be better for my siblings, so they could have more stability. He knew it was time for both of them to move on separately, at first she didn't want to give up what she had, but I guess she does care about us, like in her own way, so she realized it was for the best" He paused one last time.

"So no, they are not getting back together, my dad, and us, we are much better now, more united as a family. I know you guys expected her to stay for long because of me and stuff, and she was planning to, but now that the truth is out she will leave, and I kindly ask you all to not hate on her. It's the way things are supposed to be, it's what is better for all of us. Whatever happened before, it's in the past, and we just want to look forward, the best is yet to come, thank you" Jerry wiped his eyes with his hand and stepped of the podium, people were so shocked by his revelations, the room was silent.

About halfway through his speech the gladiators had gathered outside in shock and panic, they had no idea the effect his words would have, but they did knew it would have been really bad if they had forcefully taken him from the podium. Cyrus had been there too, he was almost purple, he had left running to the Blair House to get Fitz so he would fix things.

Abby went up there right after Jerry, since one of the most pressing questions was why Fitz was not there, if he had sent his son or something; it was just a few people thinking conspiracy, but that's all it took to create an issue if it was not fixed soon. She simply told them that no one saw it coming, and that after he went out they thought it was best to just let him get it out of his chest. She went for the emotional explanation so they saw he was allowed to speak freely because he seemed troubled by the things he said, and like he said, he wanted to move on. Then she made up Fitz had a doctors appointment so he didn't realize what was happening until it was almost over, and that he would come out to talk to them, but that he needed to make sure his son was ok first.


Fitz and Olivia were just finishing their breakfast and having a good time when Cyrus abruptly interrupted them.
"Fitzgerald, you need to get your ass out of bed and into the press briefing room now" He screamed.

"What the hell Cyrus" Fitz yelled back.

"Your son, he decided to go out your crappy marriage to the press, so get your ass there to do damage control and then go knock some sense into that kid" Cyrus was so altered the veins in his head were throbbing. Olivia took her phone out and started looking up the incident. She found many quotes on twitter and the youtube video.

"Oh god" that was all she managed to say. She started watching the video with Fitz, while Cyrus just stood there waiting for them to get up.

"He has that look on his face" Olivia told Fitz

"What look?" Fitz asked her

"The same one you get when you want to rip someones head off" Olivia explained

"Something must have happened" Fitz said, concern clear in his voice.

"You two, I hate to break your parent moment, but we have a situation" Cyrus couldn't stop thinking of all that could go wrong.

"Cyrus, calm down, it's not that bad, I think he knew exactly what he was doing, people is just hating Mellie, and maybe questioning Fitz a little, but Abby wrapped it up quite nice so we have time, everything will be fine as long as Fitz goes up there to answer a few things"

"Fine, just hurry and get there" He was finally leaving the room but Fitz stopped him.

"I know Abby just said it to give us time, but I will go see my son first Cyrus" Fitz said adamantly

"But, you have to take care of this" Cyrus yelled again

"My son is way more important, you have no say in this" Cyrus just huffed and left the room at last.

Olivia got up and quickly changed into the clothes she had in her bag, then she and Fitz left to go back to the White House. On their ride back she told Fitz he should go get camera ready, that she would go talk to Jerry. They got to the residence in no time and Fitz went straight to his room to freshen up and get dressed. Olivia gave some instructions to her team and then she went to Jerry's room, she found him sitting on the floor leaning against his bed.

"Hey kid" she sat next to him

"I'm sorry if I caused my dad any problems, I didn't mean to" he said quietly

"Well, you said some harsh things, we just want to make sure you thought about this, I know you've had issues with her, but she is your mom and it will affect her a lot, what if you regret this later?" Olivia had no idea what had happened, and she thought he decided to go out there on an impulse. Jerry started tearing up and she realized things were more serious than she thought.

"Hey, what is going on? Just talk to me ok, I can't help you unless you tell me what's wrong" she put her arm around his shoulders and used her other hand to lift his chin.

"She doesn't care about me Liv, she doesn't love me or my siblings, she only cares about herself" he started crying harder. "I thought she came because she cared a little, and that she had to stay to look good, but that wasn't it, she doesn't care even a little. She just came to see what she could get from my return" Jerry nearly screamed the last part, Liv could see how hurt he was.

"She doesn't love me Liv, she never did, dad said she had changed but it was all a lie, she wanted to get us back in her trap to get the profits of the resurrected child" It was breaking Olivia's heart to see him like that, the kid who was always cracking a joke and making others feel better.

"I guess I already knew, I knew she doesn't give a damn about me, but it still hurts" he was finally calming down. "I'll be fine don't worry, I don't need her, I have my siblings and my dad and you right?" The way Jerry looked at her, he didn't look like the confident teen who could take on anything, she saw the helpless little boy who had been neglected by the person who was supposed to love him the most.

"Of course you do" she told him as she hugged him tightly, she had tried to fight the tears, but she gave in.

Jerry broke from her embrace and took a deep breath, he wiped his face on his sleeve before he talked again "I will be fine, it's over now, I'm ok" he tried to reassure Olivia, he saw how concerned she was. "You know what really makes me feel better about all this?"

"What?" she asked him

"Teddy will never feel this way, he is too young to remember anything that has happened, he will grow up with a loving family and he will never know this pain and that's all that matters" He looked a lot calmer and Olivia smiled at him, she thought that kid was something special.

"Buddy I am so sorry" Both of them turned their heads to the door to see Fitz standing there with tears in his eyes as well, he had gotten there soon after Liv. There was a turmoil of emotions going on inside him, rage because of Mellie, heartbreak for his son, and profound love towards Olivia for the way she was there for Jerry.

Olivia got up from the floor and went to him, she knew what he was thinking so she pushed him softy out of the room and told Jerry they would be right back.

"He must have heard a conversation we had, she will pay for this" Fitz said through gritted teeth

"Fitz, please just focus on him, I will handle her" Olivia told him.

"Are you sure?" he asked her

"I am, that woman will never get near any of you again, not on my watch" Olivia placed her hands on his chest to calm him down.

"Ok" He kissed he forehead and walked back into Jerry's room. Olivia left immediately to find Mellie.


Mellie was in her old office still trying to recover from the shock, she still couldn't believe her own kid had turned against her. When she turned on the tv and saw the speech she started throwing things around, she was losing it and Andrew told her she got what she deserved and left her alone. After a little while she calmed down and started planning how to fix things. She was nursing a drink in her hand when Olivia walked in.

"Mellie, I need to talk to you" Olivia told her.

"What the hell are you doing here, get the hell out of my office" Mellie yelled at her.

"First of all, this is not your office anymore, you are not First Lady, remember? and Second, you don't tell me what to do" Olivia knew it was better to stay calm but she found it quite hard.

"Who the hell do you-" Mellie started again but Olivia interrupted her.

"Don't bother, I just came here to tell you to pack your crap and get out of here, and since I'm feeling generous I will give you 30 minutes" Mellie opened her mouth but Olivia kept going "If you don't do as I say, I will destroy you, I will bury you 30 feet into the ground. Whatever effect Jerry's words had on your image and the public is nothing, you hear me, NOTHING, compared to what I will do to you if you don't disappear from our lives forever"

"This is my family-" Mellie tried to protest

"No, you gave up that right long ago, and you will not mess with them ever again. I've put up with you enough, but it's over. If you ever hurt MY family again, I will make your life a living hell" Olivia had gotten really close to Mellie, and she had backed up actually fearing Olivia, she had never seen her like that and she knew Olivia meant what she was saying. "Leave, this is your only warning, don't test me. If you try anything, there will be nothing left to rescue after I'm done with you, so just go while you still can do something with your life"

Mellie thought about fighting back when Olivia first got there, but soon after she found herself intimidated by her, she didn't want to unleash Olivia's rage against her, if it had been Fitz she thought she could have done something, but with her it was just to risky. She realized she didn't even have Andrew anymore so she decided to do as Olivia said and just leave.

"Fine, I will go, there is no need to make this worse" Mellie finally said.

"I'm glad we got this settled, these gentlemen will accompany you to get your things and then drive you to the airport" Olivia pointed to the agents standing by the door. If it wasn't clear before to Mellie that it was over for her, it certainly was at that moment, when she saw Olivia even had authority over the SSA, so she reluctantly nodded.


Fitz had talked to both of his older kids and they told him about both conversations they heard. He felt really bad about it, but the kids told him they would be fine and that they were just happy it was over. After a while Jerry was back to his old self and kicked his dad out of the residence to go fix whatever mess he had made. He met with Olivia on the way to the conference room where her team usually worked.

"How are the kids" She asked Fitz.

"They are ok" he answered with a smile. "How is the issue"

"It's handled" Olivia reached for his hand and for a moment he was so shocked he nearly forgot how to walk.

They walked into the conference room holding hands, he team stared at them in surprise until Huck cleared his throat and they pretended nothing had happened. They decided Fitz had to say he was shocked and sad he had failed to protect his children the way he wanted to. He had to follow along everything Jerry and said, and say that he was just looking forward to improving as a father and leave the past behind.

They knew people would want more so they were planning a couple of father son interviews to show the new era on the Grant family; and to divert the attention form it at the moment Olivia told him to finish the official explanation of Jerry's fake death right after.
They had been working on what to tell the press about faking Jerry's death, they considered making up some story about how they did it, but it would end up involving things inside the hospital and thought it was risky even though everyone there had signed non-disclosure agreements about the night Jerry was there. In the end they decided to take the risk of saying very little. Fitz had to say the details of the plan had to be kept confidential to protect the people involved and not give any ideas to the wrong people who might be watching. Then he was supposed to say a fake name for Rowan, Benjamin, say it was an alias, and that his real identity and photograph had to also be kept confidential for national security, since he had deals with other enemies of the republic. Huck had produced fake medical examination and death certificate for Elijah Pope dying of natural cuases, so Olivia could take them to the museum and say she had wanted to keep it in the family and had already made a small memorial for him; she had gotten a plot at the cemetery and buried an empty casket. That way the "respectable" museum working Elijah and the terrorist would be completely separated.

Fitz delivered his speech and people seemed to be happy about it, everything said on the media basically put Jerry in a very high place for actually asking people to not hate on his mother, they kept saying it showed how well Fitz had raised him and how noble he was. They were also beginning to forgive Fitz' infidelity and say how good he was to put up with that woman and fight to keep his family together for so long. Also he had added an apology to his kids for not fixing things sooner and people had melted on the spot.


Things seemed to be finally going well for them, and even if Mellie defied Olivia, no one would believe a single word she said. After a couple of days the chaos had died down and Fitz was recovering really well, also Olivia had agreed to stay at the Blair House for the rest of the week. They knew it was time to start planning what to do about them, so on saturday morning Olivia decided to bring it up. She was with him at the Oval as he was beginning to catch up on work.

"Hey Fitz" Olivia said to him, and he put his papers down. "I was thinking, we need a plan for us, on how are we going to present our relationship to the public. So I guess maybe we can retake the plan I made last year, we already got the divorce part done, so we could move on to the high profile dates" before she could continue Fitz got up from his desk and walked to the couch where she was sitting.

"No" he looked her in the eye and made sure she was listening "I will not date anyone, not even fake date, just NO, it is not going to happen, the only woman the public will see me with is you"

"But Fitz" she tried to protest.

"No, that is out of the question, and to be honest I don't give a crap what people think, and it doesn't even matter I got reelected already, and they can't kick me out of office for getting married to the woman I love, so no" Fitz would never be on board with that plan again, after all he had gone through he was done with lies. "Listen to me, I love you, and we will figure something out, or not, it doesn't matter, all I care about is you and the kids, everything else comes second"

"Ok" she finally said and smiled to him.

Fitz gently grabbed her face and pulled her in for a kiss. The moment his lips touched hers every concern she had suddenly disappeared; the kiss went from gentle and sweet to hungry and passionate, the next thing she knew, Fitz pulled her down and pinned her to the couch, he was on top of her holding himself up with one arm and his knees to use the other one to caress her body. Olivia had her hands on the back of his neck and started running them through his hair, she was loosing control and she was fighting to get it back, she knew he hadn't been cleared any the doctor and also the cameras; but she was failing. He was reaching for the buttons of her shirt, but before he could do anything, someone opened the door to the office.

"Jeez guys, get a room" Jerry said, disgust clear on his face.

Olivia and Fitz sat up right away, both of them blushing ten shades of red, they had gotten so caught up on themselves they forgot they had told Jerry to let them know when he and Karen were up so they could go back to have brunch with them.

"Well, I don't know if I can eat now, thank you, but hmm we are up" he said, still making a face.

"Right, yeah… brunch" Fitz said, he was about to get up, but he realized his excitement was visible so he sat back down. Olivia realized what was going on and suppressed a smile.

"Why don't you finish signing those papers and I'll go with him" she got up and walked to the door. Jerry looked at his dad and then at her.

"Ugh" was all he said and started walking back to the residence.

Fitz rubbed his face with his hand and Olivia finally broke out laughing.

"Just don't ok" he told her "I will go splash some cold water on my face"

"Ok, I better get up there, don't take too long" Oliva finally walked out of the oval and went after Jerry to see about their food.

Fitz sighed and finally got up from the couch and went to the bathroom, after washing his face and taking a few deep breaths he was ready to head upstairs with his family and he couldn't help the huge grin on his face. Despite feeling deeply embarrassed, he couldn't help but think about how he thought he would never get to have that image of his family with Olivia, just a regular family on a saturday morning where she just hung out with him working together, waiting for the kids to get up, he just felt profoundly happy. The whole situation was something he thought he could only dream about; but it had happened, and to him it felt so right like they had been doing that for years and it was their normal saturday routine. It was then that it finally hit him that he was finally getting all he ever wanted and he couldn't wait to officially begin his life with Olivia.


AN2: So these grants have a thing for standing at doors listening to people's conversations. Mellie is finally gone, and I will not bring her back because I really don't want to. The new Grant family is becoming a thing and that's great right? Anyway, I hope you liked it, please let me know what you think :)