AN: here's another chapter for you guys. Happy early Mothers Day to all the wonderful mothers out there.

Olivia woke up the next morning feeling the warmth of Fitz body surrounding her. She smiled reminiscing about the previous night. Her body felt deliciously sore and she was grateful that Fitz had taken his time.

He'd been so patient with her eager advances. She wasn't usually this forward when it came to showing that she was attracted to a man, and never when it came to showing that she was sexually attracted to him. But there was something about Fitz – his tender acceptance and encouragement of who she was – that made it easy to let her guard down around him. Olivia was glad that she had. Now she understood why Abby always ditched her to hook up with her boyfriend Stephen.

Olivia turned slightly to look at Fitz, fast asleep. He looked so peaceful with his hair tousled and curls falling on his forehead, his breath puffing out evenly from parted lips. She smiled watching him, then the realization that she really needed to pee, made it urgent that she remove herself from the safe haven of his arms.

After placing a gentle kiss on his forehead, Olivia began to ease out from under his arms. She froze when she felt him stir, but as his eyes were still closed she was convinced that he was still asleep and started shifting off the bed again.

Fitz grabbed onto her, making her yelp. "Where do you think you're going?" He growled in a sleepy voice but before she could answer, he kissed her. Olivia sighed forgetting her bladder for a moment to concentrate on his sleep soft mouth.

"Good morning, beautiful." He smiled when they parted from the kiss.

"Good morning." She beamed with pure happiness.

"Did you have a good time last night?" Fitz asked, searching her face for any signs of regret.

Olivia smiled shyly, cupping his cheek with one hand. "I had the best time. It was a perfect night."

Smiling a little smugly, Fitz leaned in to claim the lips that he was addicted to, but she stopped him with a hand on his chest.

"What's wrong?"

"I have to pee."

He chuckled at the frank admission. He loved that she just told him to his face what was going on with her. He let her go reluctantly, appreciating the view of her naked perfection running towards the bathroom, although he did wonder why she needed to grab her iPhone from the bedside table on the way.

Fitz lay back on the pillow and stared blindly at the ceiling. He loved that she was so comfortable with herself around him. His mind wandered back to the previous night. He'd never felt so happy or connected to someone as he did with Olivia. Last night he'd gone beyond a point of no return in this continuous journey of falling in love with her. She had his heart in her hands, and he hoped it would stay safe there.

Minutes later Fitz heard his iPhone ding alerting him to a message. He frowned puzzled to see it was from Livvie. Opening the message he saw a picture attachment of Olivia naked from the waist up, asking, "Would you like to take a shower with me?" Fitz tossed his phone to the side and practically ran to the bathroom.

He found her steaming up the shower, her hair soaked enough to bring her natural curls to life. Fitz smiled because he loved her hair like that. Stepping into the shower behind her, he circled his arms around her and kissed her neck. "I like the way you play."

"Who says I'm playing," Olivia said softly, reaching for the soap, but with gentle firmness he took it from her. "Now who's playing?" she teased, turning to face him.

Olivia let her gaze wander over his naked body, the wide expanse of his shoulders, the taut muscles of his arms, his sculpted abdomen and… Her gazed winged back up to his. "You have a really beautiful body" she said huskily, "You must work out a lot."

"Mmm," he agreed vaguely, lathering his hands with eyes fixed on her breasts, "But I like this kind of workout the best."

Olivia blushed, stepping closer until his erection touched her stomach. She watched his face as his gaze locked with hers, then he leaned down and kissed her softly, "Don't rush this, baby. I want to make this good for you."

Fitz returned the soap to the soap dish, then cupped her breasts in both hands and began a slow, mind blowing massage.

Olivia gasped, her eyes fluttering closed at the sensations. She loved what his hands were doing to her but she wanted to feel him inside of her again. She stepped closer but he held her back, his hands moving in circles over her stomach, teasingly close to her thighs but never going there.

"Fitz…" she protested softly, opening her eyes and looking at him.

He smiled, lifting his hands to cup her face and kiss her, then made her giggle by lathering her cheeks, her neck and shoulders, before he turned her around and going to work on her back.

"You're very thorough," she grumbled. "But you're avoiding all the good bits."

"These bits?" he teased, sliding his hands over her ass.

She bit her lip and nodded, gasping when he pulled her back without warning. He kissed her cheek as she rested against his back and then he slid his hand between her thighs, finally touching the ache that had been building since he'd put his hands on her.

"Is this where you want me to touch you, LIvvie?" He asked huskily, stroking her.

She moaned, "Yes…"

He feathered kisses along the side of her face, her neck and her shoulders as his fingers continued to work their magic but she wanted more, so much more. Olivia turned to wrap her arms around his neck, standing on tiptoe to whisper against his mouth, "Lift me up."

He drew back to stare at her, then while lowering his mouth to her kiss, his arms lifted her high enough to allow her to wrap her legs around his waist. Fitz quickly braced himself against the shower wall to prevent both of them from falling.

Olivia locked her mouth onto his, plunging her tongue deep into his mouth and moaned feeling his erection rub against her. She started grinding her hips onto him, still in the middle of their raw, passionate kiss. "Come inside me," she urged huskily, nibbling on his lips.

Fitz groaned. "Livvie, you're driving me crazy" he said thickly, squeezing her butt that he held in his hands.

"You're driving me crazy too," she assured him, kissing him all over his face. "Come inside me, now."

Instead he slid her to her feet, taking deep breaths as if he'd just run a marathon and put some distance between them.

"What?" Olivia looked at him confusion, stepping closer, but he held her back with his hands on her waist.

"Livvie, we can't have sex in the shower."

"Why not? It looks so good when they do it in the movies."

That made him smile as he lifted a hand to touch her cheek. "Livvie, you're beautiful and I want inside you more than anything but I'm not wearing a condom, and I'm thinking that you're not on the pill."

Olivia came back to earth with a thump. "I didn't think. I'm not thinking," she whispered.

He leaned down and kissed her mouth, a sweet, chaste kiss. "You're thinking but you're new at this. I'm not."

That made her look at him, wondering just how 'old' he was at this, but before she could ask he was gently guiding her out of the shower. He dried her off kissing her generously, then swiped the towel roughly over himself before tossing it in on the rack.

"Livvie, don't look like that," he whispered, cupping her forlorn face between his hands and kissing her mouth softly.

She kissed him back, but she was feeling stupid, young and unsure of herself and even though she tried to smile, she couldn't keep it on her face when he drew back. Issuing a soft sigh, Fitz stroked a thumb over her lips, then whispered, "Wait here."

She waited, her arms crossed over herself as she watched him walk out of the bathroom, only to return minutes later wearing a condom. She stared at him in surprise, then gasped with laughter when he picked her up in his arms and walked her to the nearest wall.

"Fitz! What are you doing?"

"We're going to have our own movie moment, Livvie, hang on tight." He grinned at her. His teeth grazed her lips then he made her gasp by sucking on her whole mouth. Olivia could only cling to his shoulders as he soon had her squirming in his arms.

She was feeling slightly demented when Fitz braced them against the wall with one arm, to guiding himself into her before wrapping her legs more securely around him.

"Ready?" he asked huskily, his face flushed with arousal.

"Yesterday," she said briefly, her eyes locked on his.

He laughed, then made her gasp by placing wet, sucking open mouth kisses all over her face, neck and shoulders. She copied his kisses, twisting her fingers in his hair as he pumped into her, his hands on her hips encouraging her to bear down on him in rhythm with his thrusts.

"I'm going to lose it, Livvie," Fitz groaned eventually, biting her ear lobe and sucking. Then while she was still recovering from that he slipped his hand between them and stroked her bud between her thighs.

Olivia clawed her fingers into his shoulder, she could feel the tightness build and she knew it would hit her soon, but when her orgasm peaked the power of it shocked her all over again; just as Fitz shuddered against her with a hoarse cry and became undone in her arms.

They stood limp in each other's arms, kissing each other sloppily between heaving for breath.

"Wow," Olivia breathed against his chest.

Fitz just chuckled hugging her to him, resting his cheek on top of her head.

They showered again, their hands on each other moving more in appreciation and love than arousal. Once they were done, they dried off and Fitz ordered room service, and they got dressed.

Olivia was ravenous and she was glad to see the amount of food that arrived for breakfast. She piled her plate with croissants, bacon and jam, finishing it off with orange juice and a bowl of fruit. Fitz polished off the rest but insisted on feeding her the last of the berries.

Once they'd finished eating, they packed their bags and headed home. The plan was to have a light lunch before going hiking that afternoon.

In the car, Fitz reached for her. Smiling Olivia clasped his hand in both of hers and tried to think of ways that she could spoil him because he was doing such a star job with her. She was still running through her options when Fitz glanced her way and asked softly,

"Livvie, would you have a problem going on the pill?"

She stared at him, again feeling young and naïve that she hadn't thought about anything along those lines. Feeling slightly embarrassed, she said softly, "No, I don't have a problem."

"You should see your OBG for birth control." He tightened his grip on her hand. "Things get out of control with us fast and often, and I don't want to keep you waiting next time. That's to say, I might not be able to."

That made her blush with pleasure. "I'll make an appointment," Olivia said softly, stroking her thumb over the back of his hand. Fitz dropped his gaze from her eyes to her lips, before turning his attention firmly to the road.

Once they'd reach home, they dropped their bags in the living room, put their arms around each other and kissed as if they hadn't tasted each other for days.

"Want a salad for lunch?" Olivia asked huskily, as he stared down at her, his hands cupping her face.

"I'm not hungry," he said seriously. "Not for food, but you need a rest so how about we watch TV?"

Olivia nodded taking his hand and leading him to the couch. While he sat there watching her, she put on The Mindy Project on demand before coming back to snuggle in his arms. Before they both realized it, they'd fallen asleep only waking up when Olivia's phone rang.

It was 2 in the afternoon and Olivia didn't have to look at the caller ID to know who was on the phone.

"It's my mom," she whispered as Fitz stared at her in a sleep daze. That made him give a crooked smile. "Uh oh."

She laughed softly as Fitz released her slowly, managing to slide a hand down her back as she got off the couch. She picked up her phone and headed to the kitchen for some privacy before answering, "Hi, mama"

Alexis practically shouted, "Olivia Carolyn Pope! Why haven't I heard from you in 2 whole days? I tried calling you and your phone rang out. You had me so worried!"

Olivia listened intently squeezing the bridge of her nose as she allowed her mother to rant. She knew from experience it was wise to let her mother say her piece without interruption. Alexis always got like this when Olivia missed a phone call. Her mother worried about her living in Seattle on her own with no relatives around. Olivia loved that her mother cared but sometimes it irritated her that Alexis forgot her child was now an adult.

Hearing Alexis pause, Olivia said, "Mom, I'm fine. I promise you I'm fine, I'm sorry that I missed your call but I was unavailable when you called last night." She quickly thought 'wrong move' when she said 'unavailable last night' as her mother would question what that meant. As if on cue, Alexis demanded,

"What were you so busy doing that you couldn't answer your phone last night?"

"Stuff," Olivia answered.

"What sort of stuff, Olivia? You know what – never mind. I don't want to know. Just know that I'm praying for you."

Olivia rolled her eyes at the ending comment. "How are you, Ma?"

Alexis took a deep breath, then another before telling her daughter that she was fine. Just fine! Then she went onto say that she'd bought Olivia her graduation present the day before.

"I wanted to tell you about it last night, but you weren't home."

"Ma, I'm sorry. I really am… I can't wait to see what you got me."

"And I can't wait to show you." Alexis' voice softened as she added that she couldn't wait to see Olivia in the upcoming week. After that the conversation flowed nicely until Fitz sauntered into the kitchen with a smile on his face.

Olivia mouthed, "Hi" and Fitz did the same. He went to her fridge to pour himself a glass of water from her Brita mug.

Olivia was mesmerized by his simple action that she forgot her mother on the phone until she heard Alexis yell her name.

Fitz caught Olivia staring at him and then he heard Olivia's mother on the line trying to grab her attention. Before he could stop himself, Fitz let out a loud laugh seeing Olivia's startled face in response to her mother's yell. His Livvie looked as if she'd been caught with her hands in the cookie jar. His cookie jar.

Olivia immediately shushed him, hoping her mother hadn't heard him. She didn't want to face her mother's interrogation on learning that Fitz was spending a few days with her. She'd spoken to her mother about dating Fitz but she'd never told Alexis that they'd become serious.

"Livvie, who was that you were shushing?"

Olivia rolled her eyes wondering whether to just lie to her or to tell her the truth. Her mother had always taught her that 'honesty was the best policy' but sometimes that could be hard. She let out a deep breath and decided that she would bite the bullet.

Fitz continued to watch her from the breakfast nook as she spoke to her mom.

"Mom, remember I told you that I was talking to Fitzgerald, well we're kinda seeing each other... seriously." Olivia heard radio silence. "Mom, are you there?"

After a long pause, her mother said cautiously, "Olivia is he there with you right now?"

Olivia gulped, "Yeah," she said weakly.

Fitz decided that this was a conversation they needed to have in private. He was removing himself from the scene when Olivia stopped him midway, handing him the phone and telling him her mother wanted a word with him. Wordlessly Fitz took the phone and returned to his seat at the breakfast nook before answering.

"Hello, Fitzgerald." He heard a voice so like Liv's that he almost relaxed before he remembered he was talking to Olivia's mother. To say he was nervous was an understatement. He was talking to Liv's mom for the first time and he wanted her to have a good impression of him.

"Hi, Mrs Pope, how are you?" he asked trying to sound calm.

Alexis didn't waste time getting to the point. "Fitzgerald, I'm a fan of yours, a real big fan, but you're dating my only child. You hear me? That means I'm a parent first and a fan second, may be third or even fourth. You see what I'm getting at? You do anything to hurt my baby and I'm going to have to get stern with you. Very stern. You hear me?"

Fitz wondered how much worse getting 'very stern' would be from this conversation, as he said quietly, "Yes, ma'am."

"Good. So let me cut to the chase, I hope you're not playing around with my Olivia's heart. I've never seen her accept someone so quickly into her life and that concerns me. You're a celebrity, that's enough to turn any girl's head but we're not talking about any girl, Fitzgerald. We're talking about my daughter and I won't have you taking advantage of Olivia," Alexis said firmly.

Fitz almost smiled. Now he knew where Olivia had got her straight-talking disarming honesty. He was almost looking forward to the day he'd meet the woman who was getting ready to kick his butt but he understood where she was coming from because he too wanted to protect Olivia.

"I understand where you're coming from, ma'am, and I want you to know that I'm serious about Olivia. She's precious to me as she is to you."

Alexis was silent, then she cleared her throat. "Good. I'm glad you get that. It's what I wanted to hear, Fitz. Can I call you, Fitz?

"Yeah, you can call me Fitz," he smiled, relieved to hear the stern voice at the other end soften.

"Well, I must say I can't quite take in that I'm talking to III Legend on the phone. Like I was saying before I've been a fan of yours for a long time. You're a great musician and you seem like a good man from all the interviews I read about you but," here her voice became stern again, "None of that will help you if you ever purposely mess with my baby girl. Understood?"

"Yes, ma'am."

"I'm glad we're on the same page. So tell me a little about yourself, Fitz? Where are your folks at?"

Fitz told her about his family, while Olivia leaned against the benchtop staring at her feet. She felt embarrassed and overjoyed at the same time. He'd said she was precious to him, and it was clear her mother had torn a strip off him, but she loved that the two people she loved were sharing a conversation and Fitz had even started to chuckle.

The call finally ended and Fitz hung up. Olivia stared at his huge grin, "And..?" She asked.

"And what?" He stared back at her, still grinning.

"Didn't she want to speak to me again? She just left?"

Fitz got off his stool and came towards her. "Oh yeah, she asked me to tell you that she'd call you later."

Olivia was shocked, "She must really like you, because she didn't buzz you off to speak back to me."

Fitz nodded, wrapping his arms around her waist. "She told me that she would be here for your graduation and she asked if I'm free to attend as she wants to meet me. Am I invited to your graduation, Livvie?"

Olivia had thought about inviting Fitz before, but didn't know if he could be bothered. "You don't have to come because she asked you, I don't want you to be inconvenienced like that, Fitz."

He stared at her, a soft look on his face. "I would be honored to attend your graduation and even more honored to meet your mother, Livvie. So I'm invited?"

Olivia gave him a cheeky smile. "You're invited."

Fitz slid a hand over her butt, using it as leverage to lift her up to his kiss. Olivia gasped at the move which brought her close for his sweet tender kiss. He knew how to make her feel all kinds of ways in a single moment.

Then he was stepping back, moving his hands back to her waist. "Since it's already 3 we should probably grab something on the go, instead of making lunch for our hike."

Olivia nodded her agreement and they left the kitchen to get ready.

On their way they stopped at a local sandwich shop to grab two subs to sustain them through their 1-3 hours hike.

They'd chosen to go to the Green Lake Park which was closest. "Geologists say the Vashon Glacial Ice Sheet, which also formed Puget Sound and other area lakes, formed Green Lake 50,000 years ago." Olivia shared a little bit of history with Fitz.

"Wow," Fitz said looking at Olivia. "Say Puget Sound again."

"Why?"

"Your mouth makes the cutest pout when you say it."

She shook her head but said 'Puget Sound' in the sexiest voice she could manage, laughing when Fitz moaned in exaggeration, then proceeded to kiss her through her laughter.

The two walked for several minutes until they came upon a unique looking boulder. Olivia grabbed her SLR camera and started taking pictures. "Fitz, go stand next to it, I want to take a picture of you."

Fitz obliged, doing a Hulk pose next to it. "Like this, babe?" He called out.

Olivia giggled as he did one silly pose after another, snapping away with her camera before she asked, "Can you act normal?"

Fitz feigned hurt, clutching at his chest. "I'm as normal as they get, Livvie, can't you tell?" He crossed his eyes at her.

Olivia took that shot too and turned on her heel to get some more shots of the scenery.

"Hey," he called after her.

Hearing his footsteps Olivia hurried hers until she was running in the open field with Fitz chasing. She shrieked with laughter when he grabbed her and lifted her off her feet.

"Put me down!"

"Give me a kiss."

"No."

"Then you're not coming down," he grinned at her.

"Your arms will get tired," she reasoned.

He raised a brow. "You want to do that to me, Livvie? Make an old man tired?"

Instantly she leaned down and kissed him, whispering, "You are so sneaky. And you are only a little bit old."

He smiled against her lips as he set her on her feet, hauling her close… to start tickling her.

"Fitz!" She screamed between breaths as she tried to get away, unsuccessfully as they fell to the ground. She tried to roll away but he wouldn't let her escape. "Fitz, no! Stop!"

Fitz stopped, rolling on top to grin down at her. Her curls were splayed on the green grass and he took a tendril between his fingers feeling the softness.

"You can kiss me now," she whispered, sliding her arms around him.

He smiled in response, looking at her parted lips. Then he took her face between his hands and kissed her thoroughly. He feasted on her luscious lips, sucking the bottom one into his mouth, then coaxed her tongue to dance with his. He rolled onto his back, running his hands up over her breasts then around and down her body to cup her ass. They continued to kiss and tease each other to maddening heights completely forgetting their surroundings.

They only pulled apart after hearing cat calls from passersby. They both laughed as they helped each other to their feet, not a bit sorry for having lost control.

They continued their hike for another hour, taking picture of various scenery and of each other. They were even able to get a picture together by another couple walking the same trail.

When they finally made their way back to the exit of the park, Fitz asked if she wanted to watch the sunset. She nodded, smiling as he led her to one of the nearby benches. He sat down and pulled her flush against his side, shifting so her head could rest comfortably on his chest.

He kissed the top of her head, inhaling her coconut scented shampoo – thinking that this was becoming his most favorite scent of all time.

Olivia felt such peace and contentment as she leaned against Fitz watching the sunset.

Once the sun had disappeared under the horizon, she looked at him and said sincerely, "I'm so lucky to have you."

Fitz lifted a hand to stroke her cheek. "I'm the lucky one, Livvie," he whispered, then lifting her chin with a gentle fingers, he kissed her with love.

Awwwww how precious are our favorite knuckleheads? Are you liking Alexis? Please review and let me know what you think! Xo