"Well, I had fun tonight. How about you?"
"Besides the fact that your ex was boring a hole in my forehead the whole night while he sat at the bar, yes, I had fun."
"He's a bit possessive. I'm sorry if he made you feel uncomfortable. I can't believe he just sat there and didn't say anything.."
"Well, when you ignore the man's calls for...", he stops himself mid-sentence when he notices the glare she's giving him. "Soooo... umm... the Grants seem like some very celebratory people. They sure know how to get down."
"That they do…",
"And I'm still shocked that your little secret there went the whole night undetected…"
"It did…"
"Are you going to tell him? His family? Anyone?"
"You, Kelly, my doctors and I are the only ones who know. Not even Abby and Quinn…"
"I know women usually wait until after the first trimester because of the risk of miscarriage, but Olivia, you're going into your fifth month. I think that ship has already sailed…"
"Stephen…" she opened the fridge, pulling out the box of leftover pizza from earlier.
"I can't believe you turned down all that great, FREE food for some leftover pizza. You are something else", he quickly changes the subject.
"Clams and sushi and lobster and all that is nice, but Pepperoni wanted pizza. I can't eat half that stuff anyways."
"You're right. I completely forgot about that. Warm me up a slice too, will ya?"
"For someone who complains about me eating pizza everyday, you surely find a way to get you a slice.."
"Who can turn down pizza Liv?"
Before she has a chance to give him a slick reply, she hears a loud pounding on her front door, followed by the incessant ringing of the doorbell.
"Who the hell is that?", she asks, clearly annoyed.
"I don't know, I'll go find out. You handle the pizza", he hops off the bar stool, making his way into the foyer. "Olivia, I think we have a problem here", he says nervously as he looks through the peep hole.
"What's the problem?", she yells, putting the box of pizza in the fridge. Before Stephen can answer her, she hears the sound of the front door slam open, his voice yelling "Hey!", and another deep voice screaming out, "Where is she?!"
The hairs on the back of her neck stand high when she realizes she knows that voice. She slams the fridge door, hurriedly rushing over to the front door. It's too late. By the time she gets there, she finds Fitz with his hands around Stephen's neck.
"Are you fucking her?!", his voice booms through the room.
"Fitz, let him go..", she says calmly.
"Are you fucking him Olivia? Is that why you're not answering my calls? Is he fucking you?"
"I said let him go!", she screams at him in a tone he's never heard before, so he knows she means business. The grip around this unknown man's neck loosens and he let's him go, watching him drop to the floor.
"Stephen, are you okay?", Olivia rushes to her friend, trying to help him off the floor.
"You are. You're fucking him. I can't believe this shit…"
"You have some fucking nerve Fitzgerald! Some fucking nerve to show up at my home and disrespect me and my guest! How dare you?! Who the fuck do you think you are?!"
"Olivia, calm down", Stephen reaches out for her when he notices her walking closer to Fitz's direction.
"YOU cheated on me Fitz! You broke us! You don't have the right to ask me about my dealings or WHO I'm dealing with! That's none of your fucking business!"
"It's my business when you bring this clown you're screwing around my family and parade him in FRONT of me! You had to know what you were doing, what you were doing to me!"
"I didn't parade anyone Fitzgerald! I wasn't going to leave my house guest alone while I went out because you act like a child!"
"ME?! Act like a child? Do you hear the bullshit coming out of your fucking mouth right now?!"
"Fitz", Stephen steps in calmly, "I know you're upset and clearly drunk, but you should relax. I can't have you speaking to Olivia like that."
"FUCK you!", he barks out.
"You have one more time to disrespect me before I have to get out of character in front of my friend", Stephen threatens, obviously annoyed with Fitz's behavior.
"Oh yeah? Get out of fucking character then!", Fitz rolls up the sleeves to his jacket, ready to go to war.
"Stop! Please!", Olivia begins crying as the two men start up a heated argument. "Stop it! Stephen, Fitz, cut it out!", she yells at the top of her lungs when she sees the two men about to throw punches.
Her mind goes a mile a minute trying to figure out how to stop the both of them before the bloodshed. There's no way she can control either of them without harming herself or the baby. Her heart races, her breathing hitches and her vision goes blurry before she feels her knees weaken. Stephen, who's the closest to her, notices her sudden change in behavior and leans to catch her before her body hits the floor.
"Bloody hell!", he screams out as he crouches down, cradling her in his arms.
"Liv? Livvie! Oh my God! Olivia, wake up!", Fitz runs over to Stephen.
"Well don't just stand there you idiot! Call for help! She's pregnant!"
"SHE'S WHAT?!"
Fitz sat in the waiting room in the emergency room, nervously twiddling his thumbs. His head was pounding, either from the fear or from the massive quantity of alcohol he consumed leaving his body. He looks around in the waiting room and noticed that Kelly, his brothers, parents, Stephen, Abby and Quinn seemed just as nervous.
"I can't believe she didn't tell us anything! I mean, I know she was upset at us, but still..", Abby paced around the room. "She told Kelly and Stephen and no one else! You guys don't even live here!"
"Abby, calm down", Quinn said, trying to calm her friend.
"Kelly, you knew for months and didn't say anything? Not even to us, but your own brother Kelly?!", Marsha scolded her.
"What was I supposed to do? She didn't trust anyone and she confided in me! I couldn't betray her Mom", she managed to get out in between her sobbing. "Fitz", she turned to her brother, "I'm so sorry. I wanted to tell you. I wanted her to tell you. Please, please forgive me"
"Kelly, it's not your fault. Olivia is a grown woman and it was her decision. Thank you for being there for her", he stood up, running his fingers through his hair as he waited patiently for someone to return with news on Olivia's condition. He looks over at a clearly distraught Stephen sitting alone in a corner.
"Hey", he says, walking up to the man that he never choked the life out of only a few hours before. "I apologize. I was drunk and I ju-"
"I understand. Don't worry about it", Stephen cuts him off with a small, forgiving smile on his face. Fitz returns the smile, reaching out his hand for the man to shake.
The room's sliding doors open and a nurse walks in. Everyone in the room suddenly stops what they're doing or saying, standing at attention.
"Is she… is she okay?", Fitz asks the woman, who greets him with a smile.
"Mr. Grant, Olivia's fine. The baby is fine. It seems she passed out due to stress and poor eating habits. She explained the little fiasco that happened earlier and that she's been eating nothing but pizza for the pass few months. I told her that I was coming to alert you guys of the news. Would anyone like to see her?"
"Fitz!", everyone in the room calls out in unison, causing the nurse to laugh.
"Well, Mr. Grant, please follow me…"
"Olivia..", he says, walking into the room and closing the door behind him.
"You can go..", she turns away from him.
"Liv.."
"I don't want to talk to you. I'm never gonna be ready to talk to you, so why don't you ju-"
"I love you", he cuts her off.
"Stop saying that. What you did with Amanda, that's not love."
"You have to understand. I made a mistake. It was a mistake Liv, it didn't mean anything to me. She will never mean anything to me."
"A mistake that ruined us Fitz. A mistake that cost me my job, your freedom. A mistake that publicly humiliated the both of us!"
"You walked away. You didn't even let me explain. I thought you believed in me."
"I needed to be away from you. I needed time to clear my head."
"Three months Olivia? Three months?! You needed three freaking months to make up your mind? Three months of me waiting around for you."
She scoffs and rolls her eyes, trying to sit up in the bed.
"You don't understand Fitz!", tears streaming from her eyes. "I lost myself in you! I met you at a club and in my drunk state, I had sex with you and it's been nothing but sex since. Sex made us and sex broke us. I was confused. I AM confused. I needed to think, I needed to breathe. I let myself get too invested in you and reality struck. Fitz, my whole life is you. It's like I can't breathe. You own me. You control me. I belong to you…'
"YOU own me!", his voice raised. "You control me! I belong to you! You think I don't realize that I hurt you? You think I don't wish I never did what I did? 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 wait for you, I WATCH for you. I EXIST for you", he's crying, and she can see the veins in his forehead, his face looks angry.
"You're angry ... then why are you here?"
"I'm here because I love you."
"And how does that change anything that has happened? What's the point?!"
"You ignored me for three months Olivia. You're having a baby and I had no clue. Is it even mine?"
"Excuse me?", she asks in disbelief.
"Is the child mine Olivia?", he repeats, this time his voice much harsher.
"Of course it's yours Fitzgerald! It's your fucking baby!"
"Why would you hide that from me? Are you that mad at me? Do you still love me?"
"What?"
"Do you? Still love me?"
"Does it matter?"
"It matters. Do you still love me is a yes or no question... Olivia?"
"I do…"
"Then how could you do this? How could you not let me know? Olivia, you're five months pregnant and besides yourself and the doctors, no one knew. What if this happened when no one was around? What if you lost our baby? Would I have ever known? Would you have ever told me? Were you going to bring our baby in this world and continue hiding it?"
"Fitz…"
"Please, Olivia, do you hate me that much?"
"You hurt me!"
"I know. I'm sorry. Olivia, these past few months I have learned only one thing. The man I am without you is... I'm nothing. I'm nothing and you are everything, and I need you to give me another chance. I demand another chance. We're worth another chance. Our baby is worth another chance."
"Fitz, I'm so sorry", she begins crying uncontrollably. "I've been acting like a child. I'm stupid and selfish and childish. I just wanted you to know what it felt like and I took it overboard. I should have told you about the baby, no matter how mad I was at you. You deserved to know. You deserved to be there, even if it wasn't for me. I am nothing without you. I need YOU to give ME another chance."
He rushes to her side, pulling her into a hug while he rests her head in his chest, his arms wrapped around her trembling form.
"I love you so so much Olivia. I'm so sorry. I can never explain to you how sorry I am. But please, can we just stop? Stop hurting each other? I don't think my heart can take it anymore.", he kisses the hair on the top of her head.
She pulls back, looking him in his face. Those beautiful blue eyes. Those lips she missed. Who was she fooling being away from him for so long? She was only hurting herself.
"I love you so much Fitzgerald Thomas Grant III"
"I love you so much, Olivia Carolyn Pope-Grant", he leans in, planting a soft kiss on her lips.
Their moment of making up is interrupted by the nurse entering the room, pulling a cart in the room with her.
"Oops! I'm sorry! I should have knocked", she says, quite embarrassed.
"It's okay. Do you need me to leave the room?", Fitz asks her.
"No! Of course not! As a matter of fact, I was coming in to do another check up on the baby. Possibly see what you have growing inside of you?"
"We're gonna see if it's a boy or girl?!", Fitz excitedly.
"We can try and see, if that's okay with Olivia.."
"Of course", she looks up smiling at Fitz, "We can try and show Daddy his baby"
"Great! Olivia, I'm sure you know the routine". Olivia nods as Fitz helps her lay back down. The nurse sets up the equipment, and pulls up Olivia's gown. She winces again when she feels the cold gel being spread across her stomach. "Oh my, your tummy is so tiny to be so far along. You carry your pregnancy well", the nurse winks at her. Olivia looks up at Fitz, who's smiling down at her while he holds her hand.
"What's that noise?", his smile quickly fades and a look of worry covers his face as a fast thumping sound fills the room.
"That's the heartbeat", Olivia answered, softly squeezing his hand to reassure him that everything is okay.
"Okay Mommy and Daddy, it seems that you guys will be welcoming little Princess Grant into the world in a few months!"
"A girl?!", Olivia and Fitz say at the same time.
"We're having a girl..", a tear rolls down Olivia's cheek.
"We're having a baby. My sweet baby is giving me a baby girl!", Fitz says, trying to quickly brush away the tears escaping his eyes. Olivia wraps her hand around his neck, pulling his face closer to hers and allowing their lips to meet.
The nurse smiles at the soon-to-be parents, allowing them to enjoy their moment, before she says, "Should I send everyone else in? They've been dying to see you!" They both nod, not daring to separate from one another ever again.
AN: Can I just say how crazy the reactions to the last update was? Exactly the reaction I was looking for lol. I know you were all very very upset at Olivia's behavior. Yes, it was childish. But you guys, I've had the direction that I've wanted this whole section of the story to go before I wrote it. It seriously took me awhile to finally get to this point because it was a SERIOUS struggle of trying to put everything together. I'm really grateful for everyone that stuck by, stayed committed and voiced their opinions. The previous chapter had the most reviews I've ever received and everyone was clearly angry lol. But, I've always said Olitz was the endgame. Aren't you guys just happy to see our loves back together with their little queen on the way? It might seem a little rushed, but I seriously couldn't handle these two apart from one another anymore lol.
Now, I know you die-hard Scandal fans and episode rewatchers who know pretty much every line word for word (like myself lol) noticed the lines from 208 (Happy Birthday Mr. President) and 219 (Seven Fifty Two). These were honestly two of my favorite episodes for these scenes alone and I really wanted to incorporate them someway somehow in at least one of my stories. I tried to kill two birds with one stone and hopefully it came out right (feel free to tell me if it didn't lol).
Just wanted to recap a few things: Olivia has just entered her fifth month of pregnancy, possibly the first or second week. Remember, she was a few weeks pregnant before Fitz got out of jail. The story continues 3 months after they had sex and she kicked him out. She's tiny and just beginning to show, so her tummy is barely noticeable. Plus, she was wearing a flared out dress at the party, which helped conceal some more. At the time of her arrival at the party, only she, Stephen, and Kelly knew. I'm not sure if I made a mistake somewhere but a few of you concluded that Fitz's parents knew as well. This is not true and they did not know, Kelly was sworn to secrecy. I also know I haven't really described Stephen's character too much, only because it really didn't matter in the story. Basically, Stephen and Olivia are dear friends. Stephen does not live in Miami, but came to visit Olivia when he found out that Georgia (his wife or girlfriend, whichever your imagination prefers lol) has been cheating on him. Think of it as a little vacation that accidentally turns toxic. I envisioned Stephen showing up at Olivia's doorstep, crying his eyes out and they both end up on the couch crying over their shared heartbreak with some ice cream lol. How long Stephen has been visiting Olivia, I don't even know lol. I kind of wrote him in the beginning of the chapter to hint that he was Fitz's replacement simply to have you guys clutching your pearls, but I now realize that it might have been a bit confusing for you and I apologize if you were completely thrown off. I really miss Stephen's character on the show. He was funny, had his own drama and gorgeous with that AMAZING accent. and He was Liv's person. She really doesn't have anyone anymore and it saddens me. I heard a rumor that he left the show to find better and if it's true, he seriously made a mistake. I hope he begs Shonda for his job back lol. Now, a few of you all said that Olivia brought Stephen to the party to make Fitz jealous and honestly, she invited him because she didn't want to leave him home alone lol. And, another thing. I think Fitz and Olivia are even when it comes to who they have to lean on. Olivia has Kelly and Stephen temporarily. Fitz has Mellie and he still talks to his family, including Kelly, but as you can assume, when Kelly has to hide something from him (so she can be there for Olivia), it makes it a little harder to not reveal anything to him.
guest17: Thank you! Thank you so much for being one of the reasonable people when it comes to fanfic writers using their creativity. I honestly do try to cater to everyone's preference in the best way I can
LoreneMichelle41: hope i cleared up the confusion!
CHubbard: thank you! it does take time to heal such wounds. Granted, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't do the same thing if I were ever in Olivia's shoes, but thank god for fantasy! lol
Cleo: baby whale lol! Little Pepperoni is in there cooking away! I don't think I'd ever have the heart to make Olivia make Fitz think that it was Stephen's baby. I don't think Fitz could handle that. It would definitely make it so much harder for them to get back together.
kandyse4olitz: Fitz has no fucks to give at all and I find it so hilarious and ironic that his initials are FTG when he has none lol
ScandalOnica: best wishes to you for 2014 too! and thanks for reading/commenting (:
justafan51: this exactly how Olivia acts in season 3 and it pisses me off lol i understand why youre all so upset
walkiethokie: i loved your rant!
As always, I appreciate all your comments, reviews, rants, PMs, etc etc. I really do wish more of you guests would sign in or use a name so I knew who I was replying to :/
And BeckyPo is seriously a mind reader. I'm starting to think it's a bad thing and that I'm becoming too predictable lol :/
I hope everyone has a safe New Year's Eve and a very happy and prosperous New Year to you all! (: