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"I was drinking earlier, Fitz. Drinking!" Mellie panicked, walking back and forth across the bathroom tile. Fitz watched her, shaking his head slightly. He wanted to comfort her, but he knew that she wouldn't want it. Not right now. Right now, she would just want to get it out of her system, to throw out every possible thing that she had done wrong in the past few weeks. After that, she would be fine. After that, she would let Fitz hold her and she would cry into his chest. But now, she just needed to get it all out.
"It was one glass, Mels. It's okay, sweetheart." Fitz told her after a few minutes, reaching up and placing his hands on her waist, pulling her into his lap. "Mel, it's okay. It's going to be fine." He placed a small kiss on her neck, and gently rubbed her back. No, a child wasn't the greatest thing that you could add to the mixture, especially right after Jerry had died, but they would figure out the small details later, after he made sure that his wife didn't have a panic attack. He continued to soothe her, like a child, rubbing her back softly and resting his chin on her shoulder as he talked to her. "It's okay, baby." He whispered, one of his hands wandering down to her belly and slowly rubbing in circles.
Mellie looked at him, about to object to him touching her stomach, but she changed her mind and just turned her gaze back to the wall in front of her. She actually didn't mind him rubbing her belly. It made her feel safe. He hadn't done that since she was pregnant with Karen, and she had really missed it. He hadn't done it when she was pregnant with Teddy, for obvious reasons.
She wasn't exactly sure what this was, their relationship. He hadn't exactly said what he had wanted, or what his goals were, and to be truthful, up until now she hadn't cared. She was just happy that he was paying attention to her. But now, they had another life to worry about. Would things go back to how they were before, with them? Or would he run back into Olivia's arms and give this child the same fate of poor Teddy, who's had to grow up watching his parents fight 24/7? She wasn't going to ask him now, as she really enjoyed how close they were and how he was comforting her, and because she didn't want to ruin the moment. But it was something that needed to be brought up. And soon.
The couple sat on the floor for what seemed like hours, until Fitz convinced Mellie to get off of the ground and come to bed. It was nearly 5, usually time for Fitz to get up in the morning, but he texted Cyrus and told him to cancel anything he had to do for the day. He was going to take care of his wife. Before setting his phone down and wrapping his arms around the scared woman that was lying next to him in their bed, he sent a message to Rachel, Mellie's chief of staff, and told her the same thing that he had told Cy, to cancel Mellie's work for the day. He set his phone on his nightstand and held Mellie's small body close to his, trying to calm her as she fell back asleep.
They paid a visit to the White House doctor the next morning, who confirmed that Mellie was indeed pregnant. Six weeks, to be exact, which as if there was any doubt, confirmed that the babies, yes, two of them, were conceived on Fitz's desk in the Oval Office. Fitz smirked to himself just thinking about it. The doctor assured Mellie that the babies were fine and healthy, even after Mellie spilled her heart out and calculated exactly how many ounces of wine and hooch she'd drank in the past six weeks. She was worried, which was cute in Fitz's mind, but she had nothing to worry about. Their little munchkins were fine.
On the way back up to the residence, Fitz kept staring at the ultrasound picture, smiling as he took in every little detail about the very small, barely visible babies in Mellie's uterus. "Fitzgerald, put that thing away." Mellie told him, shaking her head as she walked into Teddy's bedroom. "You don't want the staff finding out and gossiping yet. Not until I'm at least 12 weeks and we're in the clear." Damn, she was bossy. But he liked it when she was bossy. "Please. I'm sorry for being a bitch, Fitz." Mellie frowned, turning around and placing a soft kiss on his cheek. "Hormones."
Fitz chuckled, smiling at her. He put the picture into his pocket and walked with her, watching her as she walked toward Teddy's crib. "Hi there, beautiful boy." She picked up the toddler, who had the widest grin on his face the second that he saw Mellie. He immediately threw his arms around her neck and snuggled into her, and Fitz couldn't help but smile as he noticed how good the two of them were together. Teddy laid his head on Mellie's shoulder, looking up at her.
"Milks?" He asked, pouting.
Mellie quickly nodded, rubbing her son's soft back. "Yeah, yeah. We'll go down and get you a bottle from the kitchen."
Teddy quickly shook his head. "No baba."
She raised an eyebrow. "I thought you wanted milk." She was playing dumb.
"Mommy milks." Teddy frowned, reaching down and pawing at her blouse. "Pwease?" He whined and Mellie just sighed, nodding slowly.
"Fine. But you have to come up to mommy and daddy's room." Mellie told him, walking with him and Fitz up to their bedroom. She sighed to herself once more, realizing that she definitely had to break Teddy of his breastfeeding habits soon, since the new baby would need it more than Teddy did. Oh, that was going to be absolute hell. There was no way Teddy would do it without a fight, and it would be even worse once he actually saw his younger sibling nursing. This was going to be a tough break for everyone involved.
They got into their bedroom and Mellie sat in bed with Teddy on her lap, and unbuttoned her silk blouse. She removed her bra and Teddy immediately latched on to her breast, his hands calmly kneading at her chest. Fitz watched, grinning as he stared at her bare breast. "Can daddy have a go?" He asked, already knowing Mellie's answer.
"When Teddy goes down for a nap, you can." She told him, knowing that the toddler was paying no mind to them. That was a different answer than he had expected. He expected, 'Absolutely not, Fitzgerald. I can't believe you would ever suggest that with our son sitting right here!'. But, he was wrong. He had been wrong about a lot of things lately and Mellie really surprised him.
"Mels, we need to talk...About us." He told her, rather suddenly, and Mellie looked up, nodding as if for him to go on. "I want this to work. Not only because you're pregnant, but because I really do love you. And I've been an ass recently." He sighed softly, looking into his wife's bright eyes as he spoke. "I know I haven't shown it lately. And I'm sure you find it very hard to believe, because I know everybody else finds it hard to believe, but...I'm still in love with you. I've been cold and terrible to you since Olivia has been around, even before then, and I apologize for that. I always blamed you for what happened to our marriage, and by doing that, I didn't feel the least bit ashamed about hurting you. But now I see why you distanced yourself. And that kills me. I know you don't want my sympathy or my pity, so I'll stop there. But I do love you and I want this to work. I want to make this better. I want my wife back, if she'll come back to me. I want so many more years with you, more than I'm likely to get. I want to grow old with you and watch our children's children grow up.."
He looked at Mellie, who's eyes were filled up with tears. She had her mouth covered in shock, unable to believe that Fitz had said those things. "I have waited so long to hear you say all of that, Fitz.." She managed to get out after a few minutes. "You have no idea how much I've just wanted you to say I love you and mean it, or how long I've waited for you to apologize..And I know it's not completely your fault. I know I'm to blame as well. It wasn't all you. I've done things that I shouldn't have and I'm truly sorry for that." She sighed, glancing down at Teddy before looking back up at her husband. "But if we can get past that, if we can get past the lies, and the cheating, and the hurt that we've caused each other, the terrible things that we've said to one another, then I think we'll be okay. If we can focus on one another and try hard for this marriage to work, I think it can happen."
Fitz nodded and walked up to the side of the bed, gently kissing Mellie's head and taking in the scent from her strawberries and cream shampoo. She's used the same cheap shampoo since their first vacation together years ago, and she had to buy cheap Suave shampoo and conditioner from the hotel gift shop. He always loved burying his face in her dark brown locks, just for the scent. She had been using that same brand and scent for years, just because Fitz loved it. Even after they slipped away from one another, that never changed. She had fallen in love with it just like he had, and the smell of her hair reminded her of him, and what they used to have together.
"It can happen." He told her, reaching down and taking her free hand, the one that wasn't rubbing Teddy's back, into his. He brought it up his lips, gently kissing it. "We can do it, Mels. We'll be okay." She looked up at him and nodding, giving him a soft smile.
"We'll be okay." She repeated, squeezing his hand softly. She looked at Teddy and kissed the top of his head. "We're having two more babies, Fitz.." She whispered, and Fitz just smiled at her.
"We're having two more babies, Mels."
Teddy unlatched from Mellie's breast, looking up at his parents and yawning. "Mama. Me sleepy." He told Mellie, wiping his eyes. She nodded and gently rubbed his back.
"Okay, baby. I love you." She kissed the top of his head before handing him to Fitz. "You get him down and then when you come back, we can spend some time alone." Mellie winked and Fitz darted out of the room, going to put Teddy in his crib for a nap, so he could have some time with his wife as soon as possible.