Epilogue

Liv woke up in the middle of the night completely drenched in sweat. She got up to turn on the air conditioner and saw it was already set to 68. Liv turned it down to 65, not wanting to freeze Fitz out.

She returned to bed and drifted to sleep, only to be woken up by Fitz cuddling into her body. Liv turned to hold Fitz, and felt bad he was freezing. She ran her hands up and down his arms trying to warm him up. What began as an innocent act, turned into three rounds of love making, ending when the sun began to rise.

Liv tried to get some sleep as she was exhausted, but couldn't seem to cool off. Nothing she did was helping. She got up and turned the air up to 62. Finally feeling a little cooler, Liv drifted off to sleep.

Fitz awoke the next morning freezing. He looked over and saw Liv laying with no covers on her body. Fitz tried to cover her up, and she immediately kicked the covers off again. After playing this game for a few minutes, Fitz gave up, and grabbed his sweats out of his suitcase. Finally warm, Fitz drifted back to sleep.

Fitz sat in the living room of the presidential suite watching Liv walk around in just her bra and panties. Normally this wouldn't bother him, hell, on most days he'd be extremely turned on but not today. Today she was uncomfortably hot even though the air was set to 58, and he was wearing a sweat suit.

"Livvie, honey, are you ok?" Fitz asked for the fifth time in the past 20 minutes. It was their last day there, and after splitting the previous day between shopping and exploring the island, they just wanted to spend time away from the world before returning to their hectic schedules.

"Fitz it's just so hot! I can't take this anymore! I'm going to go fill up the jacuzzi."

"Livvie, we have a pool on the balcony. You can go for a swim."

I know Fitz but I can't swim naked here. At least not while it's daylight. Right now, I don't even want this on." Liv said tugging at her bra.

"How about you pick out a movie while I try to cool off a little." Liv added as she leaned over and gave Fitz a quick peck on the lips.

Fitz nodded and set his attention to finding a movie. Honestly he would love nothing more than to join Liv, but the temperature of the room didn't place him in the mood to soak in freezing water. He honestly couldn't understand what was wrong with her. She was running a slight fever, but nothing on the alarming side. They both figured her body had simply been in the sun for too long, but this was odd.

Liv entered the bathroom and had stripped herself of her underwear before she had approached the tub. She winced as she removed her bra, and made a mental note to tell Fitz he needed to be a little gentler with her breasts in the heat of passion. She ran the cold water, and waited for the tub to fill. She walked over to the medicine cabinet and reached for the thermometer. She took her temperature only to find it was 99.9. So why the hell was she so hot. Liv went to return the thermometer to it's place on the shelf when she noticed something.

SHIT!

Fitz sat on the sofa, huddled under a pile of blankets just trying to get warm. Their room literally felt like the middle of winter. He had no clue how Liv could still be hot with no clothing on whatsoever. He began browsing through the tv guide when Liv ran past him fully clothed and left the suite. Fitz shook it off, knowing one of the agents would accompany her, and continued looking.

No more than 20 minutes later, Liv re entered the room not saying a word. She flew back into the bathroom and Fitz heard the door slam behind her. Fitz chalked it up to hormones and left it alone. She had been snappy earlier, but it wasn't anything he couldn't handle considering how bad Mellie was during her time of the month.

Fitz decided to turn on Rosemary's Baby, and wait until Liv returned. He reached in his pocket and wrapped his hand around Liv's final present of their weekend. He decided he couldn't wait until their dinner tonight, he needed to give it to her now. Well once she calmed down.

Liv sat on the bathroom counter and stared at the package in her hands. 'Here goes nothing... or everything' she said to herself before opening the box.

Liv opened the package marked Clear Blue Digital Pregnancy Test and took a deep breath.

"It's just peeing on a stick right? There's no reason to be scared." Liv said to herself in the mirror before taking the test.

Liv sat the wand down on the counter and got into the tub, trying to cool off. As much as she tried to calm down, her vision kept targeting in on the little stick that could possibly hold her fate.

Would Fitz still want me if he found out I was pregnant? We haven't even spoken about marriage realistically. It's only been six months. Is he this serious about me? I just started my own business, I can't be pregnant.

Flashback

It was two months after the official opening of the OPA. Fitz was about to leave to attend the G8 and wanted to stop by and see his Livvie before he left. It would be the first time he'd set foot inside of the OPA, and the last time he'd have a chance to leave the White House for personal reasons.

Liv was working on a recent case and decided to stretch her legs for a minute. She walked over to the window in her office and started into the night. Her eyes locked in on the White House, and Liv felt a pain in her chest. She knew Fitz would be leaving the next morning foe the G8, and she would have given anything to be with him that night.

She placed her hand on the glass a the glass could teleport her to the residence.

"Oh Fitz, what I wouldn't give to be in your arms right now." Liv said in a hushed tone. Little did she know...

"What would you give?"

Liv missed Fitz like crazy, but had been busy catching up on work due to her recent bout of pneumonia...

"I had pneumonia, and pneumonia requires antibiotics. Antibiotics reduce the effectiveness of birth control, and that was almost six weeks ago..." Liv said out loud as she was placing the pieces of the puzzle together.

Liv decided she wasn't going to be able to relax and jumped out of the tub feeling slightly cooler. She walked slowly over to the counter and picked up the test.

While waiting for Liv, Fitz decided to order room service. He wasn't sure what she was in the mood for, so he ordered a grilled chicken salad, manicotti, fruit salad, pizza, and a burger and fries. He ordered her a strawberry milkshake with whipped cream and a cherry on top, something she had been obsessing over since they arrived on the island.

Fitz smiled as he heard Liv entering the living room, and let out a breath he didn't know he was holding in when she laid under the blanket with him. Fitz kissed Liv on the forehead and smiled.

"Are you feeling better?" Fitz asked. Liv smiled as she felt his smile against her forehead.

"Much better honey. I'm sorry I was so irritable." Liv said. She truly felt bad.

"I order room service. I wasn't sure what you'd be in the mood for, so I tried to cover all of my bases."

"Fitz, thank you, I'm starving."

"Let's grab lunch then watch the movie."

"What movie did you choose?"

"Well, I'm watching Rosemary's baby now-" Liv shook her head violently. "But, The Birds will be starting soon."

"I love The Birds."

"Well, now that that's settled, let's eat."

Liv settled on pizza, and the chicken salad to go along with her milkshake. With as much food as she had, Liv couldn't help but pick on Fitz's fries as well. Fitz couldn't believe how hungry Liv was as she devoured the entire large salad, two slices of pizza, the large milkshake, and half of his fries. He was just glad she was eating something other than popcorn. When they were finished, Liv cleaned up the lunch mess and returned to snuggle with Fitz under the covers.

Fitz changed the channel and The Birds was just beginning. Fitz paused the movie, needing to get something off of his chest.

"Livvie, we need to talk." Fitz said nervously.

"Ok." Liv said, trying to maintain her cool. They did need to talk, but she decided to let Fitz go first. Fitz sat up facing Liv, and she turned to face him.

"Livvie, the past six months have been the best months of my life. I've grown so much just being in your presence. I've become a better man, you've made me want to be a better man. I love you, I'm in love with you, you are the love of my life. My every feeling is controlled by the look on your face. I can't breathe without you, I can't sleep without you. I have learned this past month that I am nothing and you Livvie... you are everything. I guess what I'm trying to say is I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I want to wake up with you in my arms, and go to sleep the same way. I want to make love to you first thing in the morning, in the afternoon, and in the middle of the night. I want you by my side, in the White House. I want you to be my first lady." Fitz lifted himself off of the sofa and got down on one knee, pulling a tiny black box out of his pocket. He opened the box revealing a two karat princess cut engagement ring and he looked up, locking eyes with Liv.

"So Olivia Carolyn Pope, will you do me the honor of becoming my wife? Will you marry me Livvie?"

Liv looked at Fitz and then at the ring and could only blurt out one thing.

"Fitz... I'm pregnant."

Yes loves I know I'm terrible to have just ended the story that way but I couldn't give away too much of the sequel. I hope you like the little hints of where this story could possibly be headed. I should have the sequel started within the next week and will post here when I do so make sure you stay tuned. In the meantime, let me know what you think will happen. Will Liv say yes? Does she seem happy about the pregnancy? How do you all think Fitz will respond? And given Liv's free nature, do you think problems will arise between them over her living situation? Til next time my loves.