A/N-There is a time jump with flashbacks. I hope you like it.
Olivia was laying in bed alone. It had been that way for the last week. She thought he would be back by now. Since he wasn't she began to really question if they could fix their issue. They had an appointment where they were suppose to find out the sex of the baby. She couldn't bear to find out without Fitz so she had called and rescheduled the appointment. She had no one to blame but herself. For all she knew she may be raising this child as a single mother.
Olivia got up and took a shower. It was hard to believe that she was now four months pregnant. Shortly after the two month mark things got much better for her. She was no longer tired all the time. She rarely had any morning sickness. Dr. Miles felt now that her iron levels were back to normal that played a large part, plus Olivia was living and eating right.
When Olivia met with Erin and Kerry and told them that she was pregnant they were thrilled for her. Kerry suggested that she try to eat more organic foods. At first Olivia refused. She didn't have an interest in organic foods, but Kerry sent her a gift basket to her office with different organic products. Olivia was mad. She knew that Kerry did that because Olivia hated wasting things. She would try it so she didn't waste Kerry's time or money. Olivia was surprised that she loved a lot of the things Kerry sent. She called and thanked her, and admitted she was wrong. Fitz enjoyed the products as well so they now ate a lot of organic foods.
Olivia made her way down to the kitchen to fix breakfast where she found her husband already sitting and breakfast already made.
She was surprised to see him. She was cautiously optimistic that they could fix what was broken and move on.
Olivia sat down at looked at her husband. The tension was there. She finally got the courage to say, "Hi"
Fitz heard his wife speak. Time away had allowed him to think. He thought about throwing in the towel for all of one second, but then he decided that man would not get to come in and tear his life apart. He finally looked up at his wife and said, "Hi"
Olivia looked down and ate some of her breakfast, but she became too emotional. She hated that she was the cause of their strife so she got up to leave the table.
Fitz grabbed her hand and pulled her into his body. Olivia broke down and began to cry. Fitz heard her apologizing over and over to him.
He picked her up and took them into their master bedroom. He undressed them both. He held his wife.
When she calmed down he told her that they would be okay. He took his time and made love to his wife. Afterwards he made a bath for them. They lay there relaxing and he was rubbing her belly. She missed that so much. Olivia was about to say something but Fitz stopped her. He needed to speak first.
Fitz spoke, "He doesn't get to come in and pretend that nothing happened. He doesn't get to walk in and reap the benefits of the hard work and effort that our moms put in. He hurt us in ways that I can't began to describe. Now he wants you to come in and fix his problems because you are the best. The fact that you wanted me to consider helping him is what threw me off. I couldn't believe my wife was asking me to do this. Mom reminded me that she could understand my pain and frustration, but in your defense we never discussed everything. I know that you thought that it could be therapeutic, but it won't be. I can forgive him for the pain that he caused, but we aren't going to get him out of hot water. I can't allow him anywhere near us. I can't take that chance and I hope that you can accept that."
Olivia turned around and faced her husband, "Not only can I accept it but I have already done it. I listened to everything that he said and he was apologizing and saying that he wanted to make amends, but he needed help fixing a problem. There are just some things we never talked about so I had no idea until you told me. When I suggested we consider helping him I didn't mean to cause you any pain. You are my husband. That is the last thing I want. This week has been so hard because I caused all of this to happen between us. Please forgive me. I don't want us to lose our dream. I want us to raise our children together. I never imagined this happening to us. I feel like although I want you to forgive me that I am not sure that I deserve it."
Fitz decided not to immediately respond. He washed her from head to toe and then he washed himself. He got them out and he grabbed her lotion and massaged her body. He knew that she not slept well, because they did not sleep well without each other. She tried to stay awake, but his purpose for massaging her was for her to sleep. She and the baby needed rest. She finally stopped fighting and went to sleep.
Olivia slept for eight straight hours. It was dark when she woke up. She put her hand out and felt the sheets were cool so that meant Fitz had not been in the bed for a while. She didn't know how to take this. She still felt they were on shaky ground.
Olivia put on her robe and went to see if he was in the house. She couldn't find him anywhere in the checked the garage and noticed that his car was there. She thought for a second and then it dawned on her where he was.
She opened the door and smiled. Once Olivia started feeling better Fitz could no longer contain his excitement. She came home from work one day, and Fitz said he had a surprise for her. He covered her eyes and took her to this room. When he took the blindfold off she gasped and began to cry.
Fitz said, "As soon as I saw this I knew that it was you. No matter the sex of the baby this says, "I am the child of Olivia Grant".
Olivia laughed. He was right. They were in the room that they had picked to be the nursery. In it was a Natart Alexa 4-in-1 Convertible Crib,a Natart Alexa 3 Drawer Dresser, and a Natart Alexa Lingerie Chest all in silver. She could literally imagine the nursery now with the furniture. It felt real. She was in love with the crib. She couldn't have made a better choice.
She seen him standing in front of the crib. She was about to leave when she heard him start talking, "In five months I get to become a father. I can't let him win baby girl. We spent so much time suffering. Now I feel like we are at this impasse that could make or break us. For a brief moment I thought about life without mommy, but why should I give up my life with the woman I love and the child we created for someone else's mistakes. I can't and I won't. I was scared and hurt and I walked away. I was so mad and I know that mommy doesn't need to feel that I want to harm her or scare her. I never thought about it, but I couldn't take that chance so I left. As I stand here in this room I promise to whomever is listening that we will be okay, and we will bring you home together baby girl. Don't tell mommy I said that you are a girl, but I know that growing in there is my little Livvie. Anyway we will bring you home together. We will raise you and this situation will be long forgotten"
Olivia closed the door. She went to the kitchen to find that her husband had cooked. Everything was on warm so it looked like he was waiting for her to wake up which made her heart melt even more after hearing his talk.
She fixed their plates and took them to the dining room. She found that he had already set the table and prepared for a romantic dinner with her. She went upstairs to put some clothes on. By the time she made it back downstairs Fitz was in the dining room.
He looked at her and smiled. She ran over to him and he held her. In that moment they both let it go. They were bigger than the problem. The problem could easily be solved if they did it together.
Fitz pulled back and looked at Olivia, "I love you so much and I have missed you."
Fitz was about to say more when Olivia stopped him, "I love you too with everything I have. I think we both know how much I have missed you. Let's enjoy our dinner then we can talk some more."
Fitz nodded. He helped her to her seat so they could eat dinner but she shook her head. Fitz smiled. He sat down and she sat down in his lap where they fed each other dinner. They didn't speak a word to each other. The love they had for each other said it all. In between feeding each other they would share kisses. They would stare at each other like they had been apart a year instead of a week.
They need this time to get back on the same page. They were back on track. They went into the den so they could finish their talk from earlier.
Fitz pulled her into his lap. Normally she would complain about how big she was, but right now she needed the closeness so much that she didn't even think about her and her growing belly.
Fitz looked his wife in the eyes, "I am still trying to figure out how things went so far left so quickly. You deserve my forgiveness. In fact it is me who actually should be begging for yours. I never thought the past would come back the way it did. So many emotions were inside of me at the time. I was trying to make sure to keep my anger in check so I didn't cause you any emotional harm. It scares me that I might lose you and the baby. I don't want to lose you Livvie. Whatever we need to do I'll do it because I don't want to lose the most important thing that has ever happened to me."
Olivia caressed his face, "You are not losing me. The only people who can break us up is us, and I am not giving you up without a fight. So we both got kicked in the gut. We both handled it wrong. We have both apologized. We missed each other like crazy. I have asked Huck for some information. I have a plan in place. I need you to trust me that I got you. We will deal with this together later."
Fitz agreed. They were going to be okay and that is all that mattered.
Flashback
Everything had been going well for them. Their office had been booming. Jenny had arrived and they were working like a well oiled machine until someone walked through the door that would put their life and their marriage in jeopardy.
Lauren had received an email requesting a meeting with Olivia. Most of their clients were from referrals so it was not a surprise when one of their past clients was mentioned.
Lauren called the potential client who gave an outline of his problem. He explained that he was a CEO of a company, but did not want to give detailed information on the phone which was sometimes the case.
She ran it by Olivia and since Olivia had just cleared one of her two big cases she had time. Their company was on every news cycle right now. Huck had completed the investigation on the professional tennis player. It turned out that he was telling the truth. Huck had done a through background on him. His family and friends all told them that despite his career he took care of his kids. When he was playing or conducting business the nanny cared for them, but they were still with him. His soon to be ex-wife was out partying and living the life using his name and money. No one ever saw him raise a hand to any of them. They said if anyone hit anyone it was her. She was the aggressive one in their relationship. In fact there had been a couple of instances over the years when he would should up with a cut or bruise that he couldn't explain.
This pissed Olivia off because it was women like her that made it bad for women who were really abused. You don't lie like that. This was bigger than taking him for a dollar. The judge had sided with her and taken his kids from him. He could only see them with supervision. So not only was he suffering, but the kids because their dad was their caregiver. He was being villied in the press. He had lost deals. Some of the players in the locker room wouldn't speak to him thinking he was a punk for raising his hands and hitting a woman.
DCF conducted an in-depth interview with the children after this information came to light and they confirmed that their dad was the one who usually took care of them. She had fired the nanny that had been with them for years, because she didn't want her partying to be reported back. The kids told them that they had barely seen their mom since being in her care.
Huck cornered the new nanny who admitted that she barely saw her boss. Often times she would spend days with the kids. He spoke with the old nanny who confirmed the same thing, and she said that she had seen her come home drunk a couple of times and hit him when he tried to help her or tell her that she needed to stop partying so much.
Olivia contacted the judge and personally delivered the information. An emergency hearing was called where the judge not only gave full custody back to the dad the mother was not even given visitation. He ordered her to submit to a drug and alcohol test before leaving. If she passed he would grant supervised visitation. They all knew that she would fail. When she did the judge told her that until she got her life together she could not see the kids.
He had lost some sponsors due to the allegations, but Jenny was able to secure new deals that were more lucrative than the ones he lost when the truth came out. They had him to do several interviews with the message that men can be abused too.
They gave all the information they found over to his divorce attorney. He had every right to leave her with nothing due to the number of affairs she had, but he decided not to be that cold. She was the mother of his children and they had been together for more than 15 years so while it wasn't half of everything he owned he gave her enough for a small rainy day.
Olivia released a statement because she had taken heat for taking on this client. People thought that considering what she had been through that she would help her instead of him.
In the statement Olivia reminded everyone that while women are most likely the one to get abused that is not always the case. She also revealed that when she took the case on she told her client that if she founded out he was lying that she would take his wife as a client pro-bono.
He confirmed that her statement was true. He praised Olivia for her work. He kept stating how fair she was. She only had one goal in mind and that was to find the truth. It was a huge win and kept their phone's ringing off the hook. She didn't want to stress herself too much so she was careful of what she took on.
Fitz didn't hover and trusted her which made their relationship stronger. Fitz was proud of her. She was kicking ass and taking names all while carrying their child. They normally talked one or twice a week to update each other on their current and potential clients.
Lauren had told Olivia that the client could only meet with her after hours because they had a lot going on with his company. It was not uncommon to meet with clients outside of normal working hours.
The day of the meeting Olivia let Fitz know she had a late meeting so don't worry about fixing dinner.
That evening the gentleman came in. When he walked in her office he looked so familiar but for some reason she couldn't place him. He sat down and explained that he had been sleeping with his secretary on and off for the past two years. He had given her some things but now she was demanding more, and if he didn't pay up she was going to tell everyone that he had taken advantage of her. She wanted two million dollars. He went to make arrangements to give her the money and had a non-disclosure written up and it stated she had to quit in addition to remaining quiet. She refused to accept those terms. Now she was demanding three million and if he didn't comply she would disclose that he was stealing money from his clients.
Olivia was taking down some notes when she heard Fitz call her. She told him she was in her office. He was trying to get the door opened so he wasn't looking up at her client.
Fitz opened up the door and said, "Excuse me I just needed to drop some dinner off to my wife, and I will be out of your way."
The gentleman nodded, "It's okay son take your time."
Fitz heard the voice and thought it could not be who he thought it was. He looked up and dropped the cup in his hand, "Dad"
Olivia looked at her husband and then she looked at the man. She continued to look at him. Jenny and Fitz didn't have pictures of him lying around, but one day when she and her moms were looking at old pictures she remembered that Jenny had a couple of him holding Fitz or the two of them with Fitz that she had kept. He aged well, but that was why he felt familiar to her although they had never met.
Fitz looked at Olivia, "Why is he here in our office Olivia?"
Olivia knew he was upset because he called her Olivia, "Honey he is the client I am meeting. He didn't give any personal details to Lauren which we both know is not uncommon. He just got finished explaining why he needed our help."
Jerry stood up, "Son I know that you are upset with me, but I'm not the same person. You have to let the past go. You and your wife are good at what you do and I need the best."
Fitz shook his head, "We are not helping you. That is not an option."
Olivia put up her hand. She took her husband over to his office, and asked him to give them a moment.
Olivia said, "You haven't listen to him at all. Maybe you should give him a chance before we throw him out on his ass. Maybe he has changed."
Fitz was pissed, "So he has changed and that gives him a pass. I should protect my father after I watched him beat my mom, and then beat me over and over again until my mom found out when she came home from work one day, and found me in the closet with no clothes on as punishment for not winning the spelling bee."
Olivia was shocked. Fitz & Jenny never discussed this before. "Fitz, I am sorry I didn't know. I am not sure if he has changed or not, but maybe we should go in there and talk to him. Hear him out and go from there."
Fitz scoffed, "So you are more concerned with my dad a potential client who can be another notch on your belt than me and how I feel. No thank you."
Olivia moved from him, "That was low and you know it. You know you are number one. I am simply saying that we should go in there and talk to him. I haven't agreed to take the case. There are still holes in his story. Maybe this is your opportunity to get closure if nothing else."
Fitz grabbed his things, "I am not interested in making amends with the man who beat me and my mom for years. He hasn't changed and he won't. Since we left he has made no attempt to reach out to me. He did this in his underhanded way. He wants you because you are the best. Whatever he did he needs the best to get him out of it. That is nothing new for him. Since it is obvious that you can't see where I am coming from, and you being a crisis manager is more important than your husband or your marriage I'll leave you to it. I won't be home when you get there."
Olivia called out to him but he left. Olivia told Jerry that they would be in touch. When she got home Fitz wasn't there. He would not answer her calls. She called her moms and asked if they heard from him and they hadn't. Olivia refused to get them involved so she told them to let her know if they hear from him.
Days went by and Fitz had not come home or come to the office. He had spoken to Lauren and responded to her, but no one else.
Jenny forced Olivia to tell her what they were fighting about. Jenny didn't want to make Olivia to feel worse than she already did. She made sure that when she talked to her that she didn't sound like she was taking sides because she wasn't. She could see where they both were coming from, but she agreed with Fitz. Jerry hadn't change. He had just got himself into some shit and he need the best to get him out of it, and right now this firm was considered one of the best. Jenny filled Olivia in on their past and Olivia felt horrible as she listened. She felt bad for implying that Fitz try and see if there was anyway they could move on.
Olivia tried to apologize to Jenny, but she assured her that there was nothing to apologize for and she knew where her heart was. After five days Jenny could see the toll this was taking on Olivia. She was concerned now that this could affect her pregnancy so she had Lauren to put him through to her when he called.
She met him at the hotel where he was staying. Jenny told her son that she understood that seeing him had to hurt. She knew that he was right and Jerry was up to no good. Jenny also reminded Fitz that they never talked about their life when they moved to Washington. Olivia didn't know. She told her son if I was confronted with that I would have probably done the same thing. She was prepared to be the mediator. She told him to put himself in her shoes. Everything happening at once. Then you up and leave her to live with all of this guilt. If you are done which I know that you are not be a man and talk to her. If you love her and that baby you need to fix this because the stress is wearing on her, and I see bad things happening soon and that is going to be on you.
Jenny left him and after a day he went home hoping that they had time to make things right with his wife.
Present Day
Huck had sent Olivia a file with all of the information that she needed. For the past week the couple had worked and got back to their normal selves.
It didn't take them much time at all. Olivia listened to Fitz tell her some of the details of his youth with his dad. She stopped him. She heard enough.
That night she tried to sleep but she was mad. She protected people all the time in their time of need. Now she felt like a failure that she couldn't protect her husband.
Jerry had the balls to show up at their office like there was no past. She didn't like to be made a fool of. She promised herself that Jake was the last person that ever did that to her and she meant it.
She had Lauren to call Jerry and let him know that she had completed her research, and she needed to discuss her findings with him in person.
When he came into her office he was surprised to see Jenny and Fitz sitting on her sofa. He tried to come over to them, but Olivia stood up and stopped him. The dress she had on really showed her baby bump. When they met the last night she had on a long sweater that covered her.
Jerry was shocked. He was going to be a granddad. He tried to touch her bump, but Olivia stepped back. Fitz got up. She looked at him and assured him that she was fine. She told them to sit down.
Olivia looked at Jerry. For her to be so small you could tell that she carried a mean punch. It was easy to see how she was go good at what she did.
Olivia spoke. "Jerry my ex-husband made a fool of me. He beat me and embarrassed me. He made me feel ashamed of who I was. When Fitz got me out I promised to never allow that to happen again. Had you been a man and told me who you were this could have been different. Fitz is right. You haven't change. If you had you wouldn't have been so deceptive from the beginning."
Jerry smirked, "Mrs. Pope-Grant"
Olivia shook her head, "Just Mrs. Grant and trying to use my name doesn't work on me. Since I am good at my job I am going to give you a freebie and it is here in this folder. What you do with it and who you take it to I don't care, but we won't be representing you and after today we won't be seeing you again."
Jerry laughed, "I'm not sure how you figure because I bet that your clients wouldn't be so happy to know that the person who is supposed to have their back was drunk out of his mind for three days in a row, but he is suppose to make sure they have a good image."
Olivia was shocked to hear that, but it didn't deter her. Fitz had no clue what was going on. When they talked she asked him to trust her, and he did so he never questioned how they were going to handle his dad.
Olivia went in front of Jerry, "Maybe but when I tell them and the media how distraught my husband was when his long-lost abusive dad showed up out of no where I think people will be you came to me because I am the best and the best knows that your secretary is right. You are stealing from your clients and I have someone on stand-by ready to send it to the police. I also found out that you are about to run for senator. I think they would find it interesting that you were a wife beater and a child abuser. You didn't pay off everybody to hide those records and pictures. So I brought you here to let you know that Jenny & Fitz are my clients. They are willing to continue on with the fabulous life they built if they never have to personally see you again, but if I so much as smell that overpriced cologne near them I will ruin you."
Olivia looked at Jenny & Fitz and they smiled and nodded.
Olivia turned around and smiled at Jerry, "Thank you for visiting. I am glad that I never have to see you again. You should have stayed away. You never had any intentions on trying to fix what you did to your son. I made the mistake of thinking you were a decent human being. The difference between you and me is that I can admit when I am wrong, and I will always protect and love my family never hurt them."
Jerry realized the error of his ways, "You are right. I am sorry. I handled this all wrong, but I could use your help."
Fitz stood up, "I was so upset when I saw you here. I haven't seen you up close and personal since we left, and then you show up like I am nothing wanting my wife's help. I forgave you a long time ago. Not for you but for me. If you had been a man things could have been different, but I am done. I have to be concerned about my family now. I almost gave you the satisfaction of breaking me and breaking the most important thing in the world to me. I sincerely wish you the best, but if you love me at all don't come back. My wife doesn't need the stress. As you can tell she is pregnant. I hope things work out for you."
Jerry looked at his son and realized that he had messed up any hopes of reconciliation. He took the folder that Olivia gave him and left. Jenny walked him out. She told him she forgave him. She assured him Olivia was as good as the hype and she would gleefully destroy him if she felt he was coming after Fitz.
Fitz held his wife. He knew she was good, but it never got old seeing her in action. Seeing her protect him meant the world to him.
Fitz said, "I am sorry. When I said you didn't care about me I was wrong for saying something I know wasn't true."
Olivia smiled, "I know baby. We have lived and learned. It is life. It throws you a curve ball. Neither of us handled this well, but we fixed it and that is all that matters. Can you take your wife home?"
A/N-I was surprised that no one guessed that it was his dad. He is not coming back I promise. Next up they find out the sex of the baby...