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To say that she was having a bad week was a huge understatement. Work was hectic and every free time she had was either spend talking with Fitz or looking for and applying to jobs in LA. It was a job looking for a job. She'd sent out her resume to a few magazine companies and hopefully they'll contact her back soon. Olivia sighed drinking a tall glass of wine, she feels out of it. After the hard week she'd experienced Olivia was looking forward to seeing Fitz and now he won't be coming. Some unexpected meeting came up and he'd have to be present on the East Coast for it. It was over a week now since they'd come back from New York and have seen each other. Olivia herself was growing frustrated by the distance. Sometimes she thinks it would just be easy to move in with Fitz and then look for a job but she really didn't want to do it that way. She'd have her savings to live off of but she'd always believe in being able to bring something worthwhile to the table. Her mother has taught her to be independent all her life and that's how she likes it. Being able to afford her own things bring about a sense of pride in her. Speaking of her mom, she hasn't spoke to her about moving in with Fitz. She knows that Alexis would have a few things to say but thankfully when she's done she always respects her daughter's decisions. Olivia was startled by her phone ringing. She looked down to see who it was and saw Abby calling.
It was a Friday afternoon and Olivia didn't feel much for company. She sat wearing sweats and a t-shirt on her couch feeling miserable. After a long sigh and almost making the phone ring out she answered.
"Hello."
"Liv, what's up? Why do you sound like crap?"
She rolled her eyes not in the mood for any of this. "I'm fine Abby what's up?"
Abby could hear the irritation in her voice and rolls her eyes on the other side of the line, "are you getting dress?"
"Uhhhh, no" she answered while thinking what Abby was talking about.
"Hello, Quinn! Remember?" Abby couldn't believe she'd forgotten.
"Oh shit! I totally forgot." Olivia replied while jumping off her couch to head to her bedroom.
"Yes Liv, you're a fine friend. How could you forget Quinn's going away dinner?"
"Oh my gosh I can't believe I forgot. I remember earlier in the week because I bought her a gift on Tuesday, but it slipped my mind. I was stressing over Fitz" she spoke out speedily while searching her closet for an outfit.
"Why are you stressing over him? Did he cheat on you?"
"Calm down Abigail. You must stop jumping to conclusions. And no he didn't cheat on me" Olivia replied in a clear voice.
"Ok ok, what did he do then?"
"He didn't do anything but not show up this weekend" she added and flopped herself on to the bed.
"Aww ok, well don't worry we'll have a great night tonight. I'll make sure of it and since it's only us girls it'll be even better. "
Olivia smiled because Abby and Quinn do know how to have fun and she needs some of that to take her mind off of Fitz being thousands of miles away from her. "Thanks Abby, I can't wait."
"Good so put on something cute and let's go paint the town red."
Olivia laughed, "Ok I'll see you guys at the restaurant."
"Ok, bye Liv."
"Bye." With that she disconnected the call. She looked at the time and realized that she had an hour and thirty minutes to get ready and be at the restaurant. Before heading to the shower she sent Fitz a quick text.
Liv: Hey, I'm going out with Abby and Quinn for dinner. Talk later.
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After about forty minutes Olivia emerged from her room wearing blue distressed skinny jeans, black and blue strappy four inches sandals a black blazer and white tee. She'd worn a gold statement necklace that matched the ring on her right hand. And as always her Pandora bracelet was securely worn on her left wrist. She twirled it around and a small smile formed on her face in remembrance of the moment Fitz gave it to her. "Dammit" she muttered feeling her body become aroused to any thoughts of him. She shook her head before grabbing her blue clutch and gift bag before heading out the door.
Olivia arrived at the restaurant within twenty minutes. It was a family own Italian restaurant that was Quinn's favorite. She got out of her car and headed into the building seeing Abby and Quinn already in deep conversation. They both looked pretty in their outfits. Quinn had chosen to wear a tribal print black and white jumper suit while Abby had on a blue dress. She smiled and made her way over to the girls.
As soon as Olivia reached the table both girls ambushed her into a hug. As they were seated the waiter took their drinks order while they converse over the delicious breadsticks on the table.
"Quinn I can't believe you're leaving" Olivia said trying not to become teary eyed.
"I know right but I'm so excited for this chapter of my life. Even though I will be leaving you guys, at least Charlie will be coming with me" Quinn added happily.
Abby rolled her eyes, "of course he would. There's no way I'm following Stephen to another state unless he puts a ring on my finger. "Isn't that right Liv?" Abby asked trying to get her to side with her.
"Mmmm. What do I know? I think it's admirable that Charlie would be willing to move where Quinn is" she answered not maintaining eye contact with Abby.
"Oh my gosh he asked you to move in with him?"
"I don't know what you're talking about Abby."
"If he did that's awesome. You should totally do it." Quinn chimed in.
"Did Fitzgerald ask you to move in with him?" Abby asked more directly.
"Please let's not talk about me. We're here for Quinn."
"Oh cut the BS Liv. So you're going to leave me too?' Abby got teary-eyed thinking about both her best friends leaving Seattle and her behind.
Olivia felt hurt because in all of her thoughts of possibly moving she'd never thought of how her friends especially Abby would feel. Reaching, over the table to grab one of Abby hand she said, "Abby I'm not moving anywhere at least not yet. We've talked about me moving and there's still a lot for me to do before I even move. I'll promise to let you know and besides LA is only a few hours away."
Abby sniffed at the tears that threatened to fall, "you bets give me a month's notice Liv!"
Olivia laughed to see her friend back to herself. "I will. Enough of all this sappy stuffs let's cheers to a good night" she said raising her glass in front of her.
Quinn raised hers, "to a good night."
Abby smiled and did the same, "to a good night."
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Fitz got on the jet at 10 PM EST thinking that he would be able to surprise Olivia. His meeting went well with the record company and his lawyers. There wasn't any need to spend all weekend going over contracts and for that he was grateful. He hadn't called Liv to tell her he was coming, he saw her text about going to dinner with the girls and he thought that was perfect because it'll give him enough time to get to her house. He would use the key she'd give him. A while back both parties exchanged house keys with each other and he was glad that they did. Fitz decided not to text her as it would give her uninterrupted time with her friends. Also her tone in the text wasn't lost on him but he'd decided to shrug it off because he was going to see his baby. And all will be right in the world.
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By 11 PM PST Olivia was completely out of it as she stood in the middle of the club. She'd had four shots of Patrón and her limbs felt heavy. After their dinner the girls decided to head to a club and dance the night away. That was Olivia's intention but she got carried away when Quinn had challenged her to a shots competition. By the second shot Quinn had stopped but Olivia kept going and finally stopped at the fourth one. She stood in the middle of the dance floor with her eyes close dancing as if she was the only person there. Occasionally she would start laughing at any everything. Thankful that Abby was the sober one there because she and Quinn were in another universe.
As the night went on Olivia drank more until she eventually sat down on a bar stool trying not to fall asleep. She was loud and thought everything was funny. She was so drunk that she didn't hear her phone ringing for the tenth time.
Fitz arrived at her apartment around 11:30 PM PST and found that her car wasn't in the spot nor was she at home. He'd placed his suitcase in her room and settled on the couch waiting for about 30 minutes. It was now 12 and he was worried about her. He'd dialed her phone over and over and it kept ringing out. He'd sent her countless number of texts and no response. Fitz started pacing the floor as he watched the clock ticked by. He didn't know where she was and he could feel his heart racing as all imaginable thoughts of horror flashed across his mind.
Olivia fell asleep at the bar and tilted too far to her right falling down on her arm. "Shit!" She exclaimed waking up from the liquor induced sleep. The contents of her purse spilled all over the floor.
Abby saw her predicament and reached down to help her. When Abby grabbed her phone she saw over a hundred missed calls and text from Fitz. "Shit Liv! Fitz has been trying to call you" she said while Olivia said mumbled something unintelligent. She realized that her friend wasn't able to make one coherent thought so she decided to give Fitz a call.
Fitz heard his phone ringing and answered immediately seeing that it was Liv calling. "Livvie, where are you?" He answered panicky.
"Fitz is not Olivia. It's Abigail Abby Olivia's friend?"
"Oh hey Abby I remember, what's going on? Where's Liv?"
Abby glanced at Olivia sleepy form on the stool before replying, "she's uh we're at a club and Liv is well uh drunk. Very drunk."
Fitz closed his eyes at that wondering how drunk she could've possibly be to not hear him call her. "Did she drive to go there?"
"Yes she did but there's no way she could drive home. I was going to take-"
Fitz interrupted, "that won't be necessary I'll come and get here. Just text me the address please. "
"Sure, no problem. I'll text it now" with that Abby hung up the phone, text the address and returned to Olivia's side.
Fitz called for a taxi and sat impatiently waiting for it.
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Fitz arrived at the club 30 minutes later and saw Quinn on the dance floor having a good time while Abby was sitting with a very drunk Olivia. He heard her before seeing her. He made his way over to them, "Thanks Abby for calling me back" he said while giving her a brief hug.
"No problem, I'm sure you were worried by the amount of missed calls I saw."
"I was" he replied watching Olivia twirl her hair while tapping her feet.
After recognizing that Fitz was there Olivia joined in the conversation, "Fitzy Fitzy" she called while clapping her hands like a child. "You're hereeeeee?"
Fitz smiled at her adorableness "I'm here baby. Are you ready to go home?"
She nodded her head swiftly while trying to stand on her wobbly feet but was quickly caught by Fitz.
"Abby do you guys need a car? I can call one to take you home."
"No that's fine but thanks for the offer. I'm sober and I'll take Quinn home - we rode together. "
"Ok that settles it, thanks again and please tell Quinn hello for me."
"Will do. See you guys later" she replied watching them leave the building. Fitz had Olivia firmly against his side while she tried to kiss him as they walked.
Fitz felt better knowing that she was safe. He watched at her sleeping form in the passenger seat with her lips parted and a light snore sounded from between it. He was however not happy that she would get this drunk especially if he was not there. He thought of how crazy the world is especially when it comes to women, he wouldn't want anything to happen to her. He held her hands tightly as he drove back to her apartment.
Once he pulled up to the apartment he went over to the passenger side to get her out. She was still sound asleep. As he lifted her in his arms and turned on the car alarm the little beeping sound woke her.
"I can't believe my baby is here. I love you, you know that?" she said groggily looking up at his face.
"I know that Livvie and I love you too" he answered while walking with her.
"Good because I was upset that you cancelled this weekend. I'm tired of the distance baby."
"Me too" Fitz admitted as he opened the apartment door with his hand while trying to hold her.
Olivia started rubbing her hands up and down his chest, "I'm tired of this distance. I want to be able to have access to this body all the time. Are you going to give me access Fitzy?" She asked while laughing.
Fitz laughed, "No you're drunk. It's time for bed." He planted her on the couch and then started to remove her shoes when he felt her rubbing her fingers in his hair. "Livvie, behave bed time!" He scolded softly.
She folded her arms, "no! I want you now. It's been a week. Don't you want me Fitzy?"
Fitz groaned, "I will always want you baby but not tonight. Let's go find you something to wear and we'll go to sleep." He rise from before her and stood on his feet reaching down to grab her hands but she refused to give it to him. "Come on Olivia stop behaving like this, baby."
She shook her head and pouted her lips at him. If he wasn't too tired he would've found all of this cute but he was very sleepy. Not having any more patience for her behavior he lifted her up in a fireman carry and took her to the bedroom. Placing her in the bathroom he grabbed her toothbrush to help her brush her teeth for bed. She shook her head at him keeping her mouth tight together. Before he could say anything she rushed to the toilet and started puking.
Between vomiting he heard her calling for him, "baby I feel so sick."
Fitz rubbed her back while holding up her hair as he muttered words of comfort to her. When she was finished he helped her rinse out her mouth and quickly brushed her teeth and washed her face. He placed one of his shirts on her and led her to the bed. He was returning to the bathroom to clean up the mess and get ready for bed himself when he felt her tug on his arm.
"Are you leaving me?" She asked in a small voice.
"No I'm not leaving you I'll be right back. Give me five minutes, ok?"
She nodded, "ok" and he kissed her forehead.
He went to the bathroom got everything done in that time frame. He brought back an aspirin and a glass of water that he woke her up to take. Once she'd taken it, he crawled into the other side of the bed. He held her in his arms and was quickly fallen to sleep.
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Olivia woke up feeling like crap. She saw the orange juice on the bedside table and she drank it. She wondered where it'd come from. She remembered Fitz being there but she thought it was a dream. She silently prayed she didn't bring home some random guy last night with how drunk she was. She lay on her back smelling breakfast food. She heard footsteps and really prayed that Fitz was there. Her heart relaxed when she saw her man sauntering with breakfast for her. He was wearing only pajamas bottom that was riding really low on his hips.
"Baby! You're really here" she got out of the bed to go hug him. "I thought I dreamt you."
He smiled down at her "no, I'm really here." He placed the tray on her bed before wrapping her in his arms and planting a kiss on her lips.
"I missed you so much" she said while breathing in him.
"Me too. Now come eat" he urged her while leading her back to the bed.
She was so hungry and the sight of her plate made her mouth watered. He'd made bacon, an egg omelet and some oats in a bowl. She took a seat and he placed the tray on her lap, "mmmmmm" she said inhaling the scent.
Fitz laid on his side watching as she ate hungrily everything that he'd prepared.
"Thanks babe" she said while giving him a kiss once she'd finish eating.
"My pleasure" he paused taking in the sight of her now laying besides him on the bed. "Livvie?"
She smiled at him, "mmmm."
"Promise me you'll never get that drunk again, especially if I'm not there to take care of you."
She reached over to be closer to him, "I promise you that. I don't think I ever want to do that again. I still feel like hell but you know what will help with that feeling?" She asked and tugged on his bottom lip.
Fitz raised one of his eyebrow at her, "what's that?"
"Y - O - U" she spelt out while pushing her hands in his pajamas bottom. "Baaaad boy. El commando mi likey" she added with a wink.
Fitz chuckled and moved his body over hers. They kissed each other slowly and lavishly until they've reached the point of wanting more. Fitz undoes his pants and pushed it off of him with his feet freeing his erect penis. He lifted Olivia's shirt off of her leaving her in just her undies. He continued to kiss and grope her all over. He took one of his middle finger and grabbed her panty by the crutch feeling how wet it was. He pulled the scrap of material off of her and spread her legs wide open. He felt her writhing under him begging for more. He aligned himself to her core before sinking deep inside of her in one smooth stroke. He stilled himself allowing her time to adjust to him - after all it's been a week. Once he felt her started moving her hips he started the rhythm with slow long strokes. Each moan and scratch she elicits on him he felt himself become more aroused. They continued this dance of love and familiarity with each other until they both found their releases over the mountain peak.
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"Fitz I'm scared. I don't want to do this anymore" Olivia said while shaking her head.
He grabbed one of her hands to reassure her that it was fine. The wind from the choppers blew her curls in her face. "You'll be fine Livvie" he whisper shouted as they made their way to the helicopter.
They'd spend most of the day lounging around the apartment. They'd watched TV, cooked together, made love and just talked to each other. The conversation they'd had was the reason why she was now in a helicopter. She and Fitz came up with an idea of doing something for the first time with each other that they've never done before. Each person had to choose something for them to do. She'd never ridden a helicopter and he'd suggested a one hour helicopter tour over Seattle at sunset. She was excited in the moment but quickly became terrified as she stood on the helipad a few minutes ago. Olivia Pope didn't do small planes or helicopters but Fitz had convinced her that it would be fun.
As they sat in the helicopter and buckled up their seat belt she shouted, "I can't believe you made me agree to this."
"Come on babe, you know it's going to be fun. Plus you're going to get to take really cool pictures" Fitz emphasized the good points trying to calm her nerves.
Olivia smiled at his attempt in trying to point out the positives. She accepted his hand as he tried to calm her down. He placed a soft kiss on her lips, "you'll be fine" he said smiling at her. "Besides tomorrow I'm going to church after so many years."
Olivia giggled at him at her plan to have them visit the City Church. Fitz hadn't been to church since his Grandma Pearl was alive and even then it was once in a blue moon. She'd convinced him that they'll have a good time. She took deep breathes over and over as the helicopter started to ascend into the sky. She heard Fitz deep voice over the headphones telling her "it'll be ok. I'm here with you."
He said that until he felt her hand relaxing in his. She smiled at him, "thank you baby."
Olivia watched as the sky turned a soft pinkish reddish color as the sun started to make its way from the sky. It was so beautiful up there as they chased the dusk. She turned to watch the beautiful man smiling besides her and he was more magnificent than the sky, in that moment she knew that the future would be great as long as he's in it.
AN: I'm so happy that my story has officially turned a month old well 30 days. I can't believe I made it this far. Woop woop. Thank you guys for reading my story, I truly appreciate it. Just to let you know from now on there will be a major time jump by a few months. I'm taking Olitz into the next chapter of their life. Are you ready for this? I can't hear you! I said are you ready for this? LOL - ok I'll sit my crazy behind down. Please leave reviews and tell me what you think. Drunk Olivia, worried Fitz, sassy Abby the full works. Until next time, XOXO.