This chapter was a tough one to write. I don't know how to explain this. It was like I know what I wanted in my head but couldn't express it in writing. Crazy, right?
Anyways, I'm starting a new story title ADDICTS. In the story, Fitz and Olivia are two ADDICTED strangers, but while Fitz is in the recovery phase, Olivia is still struggling to overcome her addiction.
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It's been days, but everything and everyone was still focus on Olivia. Fitz and Olivia were both waiting patiently for any big news to come along, so the focus could be shifted away from her, but nothing with potential has come up. Fitz talked to some of Olivia's clients and convinced them to retain Olivia but didn't tell her. Olivia wasn't even aware some of the clients who fired her were now back, due to the fact that she didn't want to talk about work with Fitz or her gladiators. She told Fitz to give her sometime and they'd talk about it, saying she wasn't ready at the moment. Fitz decided to keep quiet and let her be. Their relationship has being going on fine excerpt for the fact that they didn't talk about OPA. They mostly talked about Fitz's job, strategizing together daily on how to handle some foreign policies and domestic issues that doesn't involve the affair. If they are both sincere, they were really having fun with it all. Things were really going on great between them. Notwithstanding, they both wanted OPA to be open back for business, especially Fitz, because deep down, he knew Olivia wasn't really happy, since as her job meant everything to her. And her unwillingness to talk about it at the moment was killing him inside.
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The gladiators summoned Olivia to OPA, that they needed her urgently. She told them she wasn't really in the mood for anything, but they all shouted at her, saying it was important.
"I'm here, what is going on?" Olivia asked Huck, Quinn and Marcus.
Huck stepped in front of Olivia. "Charlie has been following you."
"Why?" Olivia asked.
"He's Cyrus' guy." Quinn answered.
Olivia tuned her head to look at each and every one. She then asked. "What does he know?"
"Everything, he knows you're pregnant for the President." Marcus said, being a little judgmental.
"Is that all?" Olivia overlooked his judgmental tone.
"He also knows the President tried to use the illegal fetus transplant on you without your knowledge." Huck said.
Olivia sat down at this point and rubbed the side of her head from headache. "Thanks guys. Where is Charlie now?"
"He's duct tape in my apartment. We want you to tell us what to do." Quinn said.
"I thought you like him Quinn?" Olivia asked Quinn then brushed it off. "Never mind, does he have any evidence?"
"We have evidence of all the dirty work he has been doing for Cyrus. And the stuff he gathered from you." Marcus answered.
"Since you guys have all that, you can let him go." Olivia ordered.
"Really?" Quinn asked.
"Yes" Olivia answered firmly.
"Some of our clients who fired us have been calling to rehire us." Huck informed Olivia.
"What? Why?" Olivia asked, confused.
"I think it's because of the President. He asked me to give him a list of our clients some days back." Quinn answered.
Olivia was very moved by what Fitz did, she smiled and blushed in front of them. Even though she told him she didn't want to talk about work, he still looked for a way to helped her out. She then brought herself back to the present. "How many of our clients called?"
Marcus was about to give Olivia the number but saw Cyrus walking in to OPA. He used his head to motion Olivia and the group of Cyrus' presence.
"My my my. I never thought I'd live to see the day Olivia Pope gets pregnant" Cyrus said, expecting Olivia to be shock.
"Guys, excuse us." Olivia ordered her employee.
"Are you sure?" Huck asked her.
"Yes Huck."
Cyrus waved bye bye to Olivia's crew mockingly then gave his undivided attention to Olivia. "You look stunning. Then again you always do. But this pregnancy glow on you is something else." Cyrus said.
"Cyrus Bean, I've been your friend even after you tried to have me killed. I was still there for you. Helped you married that hooker of a husband."
"So?" Cyrus asked.
"I was always there for you and James too. And after all these years you think me being pregnant is the biggest dirt you have on me?"
"Well, I have plenty for your baby daddy too." Cyrus mocked.
"I got news for you Cyrus. The dirts I have for you can't compare what you have on me. You know Huck right, he's way, way better than your guy Charlie. And by the way we have him. Do you know he keeps audio record of all the dirty work you have him do? Like when you're giving him instructions, he records it? Smart guy, not you, Charlie I mean. Ranging from Amanda Tanner, Daniel Douglas to you tailing me around DC, do you know this? No, I don't think you do."
"No, he doesn't" Cyrus challenged, a little shock.
"You wait and see." Olivia said.
"Olivia, I know you. I mold you. I call you bluff." Cyrus said, not backing down.
Olivia just smiled and asked Cyrus to leave her office.
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Karen has just returned home from boarding school due to the divorce and everything surrounding her parents and Olivia Pope. She has watched the interview her mother and Olivia did, and also watched her dad's Press briefing too. Friends at school were disturbing her with questions, and some even cracking jokes about it, mocking her. Those who didn't have the courage to talk about it in her face, whispered about it with other friends when she passed by.
Fitz was dreading talking to her. "Can I come in?" Fitz asked, standing at her door.
"Whatever." She replied, going through her phone.
Fitz took a chair and brought it close to her bed, he sat down and asked. "Chatting with friends?"
"Dad!" She gave Fitz one look which meant they aren't friends.
"Sorry." Fitz apologized, a little scared of his own daughter.
Karen continued with her phone. Fitz could see Karen was going to make the conversation they were about to have as difficult as possible. "Honey, I'd like to talk to you about what is going on in our family."
Karen rolled her eyes. "Whatever."
"Honey, can you please put down your phone for some few minutes, please!" Fitz pleaded.
Karen wasn't in the mood to do that, but Fitz waited patiently for her to comply and she later on gave up.
"What?" She asked rudely, placing her phone a distance away.
"I want to apologies for what we're putting you through. Honey, I'm truly sorry."
"Whatever. Are you done?" She asked, trying to dismiss Fitz.
Dealing with teenagers wasn't Fitz forte. He bowed his head, trying to decide whether to just leave and let her be, but decided to try one more time. "No, I'm not done." He got up and sat on Karen's bed, and then hugged her. To Fitz greatest surprised, Karen didn't push him away. She broke down in tears instead. It was difficult for Fitz to see his baby crying this hard. He held her tight. "Honey, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry for hurting you like this. I'm sorry for my shortcomings. I'm sorry for being the worst father on earth. I'm sorry you have to lose your brother….."
"Was conceiving me part of the politics too?" Karen asked, crying on Fitz's shoulder.
"No darling."
"But you said you and mom had been living together for the politics for 18 years now, and I'm 17."
Fitz didn't know the answer to give her. "Honey, it's a little complicated than that."
"Then, make it less complicating." Karen said angrily and stepped away from Fitz embrace for him to explain.
Fitz looked at his daughter with so much sadness in his eyes, unwilling to tell her he never loved her mother and that they've been living a lie ever since they met.
"Go on." Karen shouted, wiping her eyes.
"I want you to know your mom and I love you guys no matter how you guys came into the world." Fitz paused. "Your grandparents, mine and your mom's, wanted us to get married more than we did, because they wanted this White House for us. There wasn't any reason for us to say no because your mother and I both wanted the White House too. We were both committed to each other, even though we both didn't love each other. And we wanted kids not because of the politics but because many married people wants kid."
"When we were little, when you and mom normally fight, I always hear her complaining she had us for you. Is that not because of the politics?"
"Karen, it doesn't mean she doesn't love you guys. When people fight they normally say things they don't mean."
"What about Teddy?" Karen asked.
"What about Teddy?" Fitz repeated.
"In Olivia's interview with Diane Sawyer, she said she asked you guys to get pregnant after the Amanda Tanner's incident. Was Teddy conceived for the politics?"
Things just got real for Fitz. No tangible rationalization came into his head for him to explain the birth of Teddy. "Honey, we love Teddy with all our hearts."
"You didn't answer my question. Was Olivia correct about asking you guys to get pregnant for the politics?"
Fitz thought whether he should tell Karen he didn't want Teddy at all. He remembered thinking of Olivia in order to be able to create Teddy. Fitz decided to go with a lighter truth. "Yes, but it doesn't diminish our love for him."
"Yeah, whatever." She said, before asking. "Is Olivia going to be my step-mom?"
This territory was dangerous and important for Fitz. "Honey, Olivia and I are taking this one step at a time." He stared at her for some time. Tears appeared in his eyes out of nowhere. "I love her honey. I know I can be a better father, a better human being, a better President with her by my side." Fitz said, waiting for his daughter to see reasons.
"I don't care. You guys can do whatever you want."
"Honey, I want us to talk about this. This is important to our family."
Karen was quite. Fitz patiently waited for her to say something. "I'm not going back to school ever again. I don't want to go to college I don't want to do anything." Karen changed the topic instead.
Fitz wasn't expecting this from her. "Honey why?"
"I flunked in every subject. I can't concentrate in class. I don't want to go back. I don't want to be homeschooled too. I don't want to go to college and that's final."
"Honey, you must get an education. And since when did you start flunking?"
"Since Jerry, but who cares."
"You're going to see a therapist and everything will be fine. I promise." Fitz tried to touch her.
Karen shifted away from his touch, and got really angry at him wanting her to see a therapist. "No, I'm not seeing anyone. You, mom and Olivia should go see a therapist not me. You guys are the crazy adult."
"Baby, I'm trying to help you here."
"Well, I don't need your fucking help."
"Karen, don't talk to me like that."
"Or what?" Karen challenged, trying to push Fitz to his limit.
"Baby, we did this to you. But you can't let this or us defines you for the rest of your life. Honey please, you need to see someone. I can arrange for it to be held right here in your room. You're too smart to give up on yourself." Fitz tried to touch her again.
"Get out of my room." Karen shouted at him.
Fitz sighed in frustration. He got up, waited for a while before kissing Karen's forehead. "I love you honey. Please think about this. I believe in you and I know you believe in yourself too."
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Olivia was told Fitz was in the resident. She went into his room but couldn't find him, she then called his phone but the phone was ringing in the room. Within some minutes Fitz entered. "Hey, how did it go at OPA?" Fitz asked her.
Olivia noticed he was worried. She walked up to him and extended her hand to his for them to sit down and talked about what was going on. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing just Karen."
"She's back from school?"
"Yes."
"Pissed at you? At us?" Olivia asked, now worried too.
Fitz and Olivia hardly talked about his kids. They normally tiptoed around topics concerning his kid. The only time they've spoken about his kids was when Olivia wanted the family to do an interview, and also the time Karen got herself into trouble. It was like a scared topic especially for Olivia. But they weren't a secret anymore. Fitz didn't want them to tiptoe around his kids any longer. "I don't really know where she stands. She said she doesn't care. I know she does. She's going through a lot. Its only a matter of time before this breaks her. She says she doesn't want to go back to school or be homeschooled and she doesn't want to go to college. She has been flunking at school ever since Jerry's…... And I had no idea. What kind of a father am I?"
Olivia was quiet. She didn't have any advice to give him. She knew Fitz hasn't been acting any different from her dad, who sent her to boarding school and does the normal expectations of providing her with every material thing she needed. And she was a little guilty with the fact that Fitz pays more attention to her than his kids.
Fitz looked at her. "Say something."
"I don't know what to say. I'm somehow guilty you give me more attention than your kids."
"I really don't know how to deal with teenagers."
"Teddy is not."
"He's a kid, he doesn't need much."
Olivia smiled. "Maybe Karen and you guys should see a therapist. I don't know."
"I suggested it to her and guess what?"
"Screaming and shouting?"
"No, she asked me to get out of her room."
"Don't give up. Keep insisting, show her you care."
Fitz chuckled. "She's actually scary."
They both laughed. "You better start preparing." Olivia said then took Fitz's hand and placed on her stomach. "We don't know the baggage this one is going to come with."
Fitz wrapped his hand around Olivia's belly. "No, she's going to be a good girl."
"Oh, so we're having a girl?" Olivia asked sarcastically.
"Well…."
"Quinn told me what you did." She interrupted him. "Some of my clients are calling to keep my service. You spoke to them."
"Me? I did no such thing." He lied playfully.
"You're a bad liar. But a very cute one" Olivia said and climbed on top of his lap, wrapped her hands around his neck. She playfully started grinding him slowly, staring into his eyes.
"Can we talk about OPA now?" Fitz asked with his hands on her waist, enjoying the way she was moving on top of him.
"You really wanna talk about OPA? What about what I'm trying to do here?" Olivia paused with the grinding.
Fitz wanted her to continue because he was more than turned on. He tightened his arm around her waist. "No yes. Well, we can multitask." He smiled at her.
"OK" Olivia said and continued with the grinding. "What about OPA?" She asked him. Fitz's already hard member pushing against her hood was making her wet, and she was using all her self-control to be part of the discussion at hand.
"Since most of your clients are now back, when are you going to reopen OPA?" Fitz asked with his voice deep and hoarse, using his hands on her waist to help her with her movement, trying to increase the pace.
"I can't right now, the focus is still on me. And those clients who fired me will have to do more than a phone call. They have to beg before I can take them back. It's only a matter of time before they'll get themselves in some deep shit. Then they'll see no one can clean up their mess like I do. I'll make them suffer, and then charged them ridiculously."
Fitz groaned and kissed Olivia hard on the mouth. Her talk of revenge and malice was doing wonders on him. "Olivia, this is not the time to play tough. The heat is still on you out there." His hands, now massaging Olivia's breasts through her clothe.
Olivia gasped loudly and pressed hard against his member. "I know. We just need to take the focus away from me."
"How are we going to do that?" Fitz asked, nipping Olivia's neck and shoulder blades.
"I don't know yet." Olivia paused and looked at him. "Can we please stop talking now?" She held Fitz's head and kissed him deeply on the mouth.
Fitz moaned in her mouth and nipped on her lips. He wasted no time to peel Olivia's dress off. After Olivia was completely naked, he asked her to stand a little further away from him so he could take off his clothe while admiring her body. Olivia stood up, waiting for him to take off his clothe. But Fitz seemed to be absent minded as he was just admiring her body without taking off his clothe. "This pregnancy glow on you is everything and more. Your breasts are getting huge and..."
Olivia was more than inpatient. "Are you kidding me? Take off your….."
Olivia couldn't finish her sentence because Karen just opened the door, and her eyes were focus on Olivia's breasts. Olivia wanted to disappear at the very instant. She didn't know where to hide. Fitz threw her a sheet for her to cover herself up.
"Sorry, I should've knocked." Karen said to them.
"Honey, is anything the matter?" Fitz asked, as Olivia sat down on a chair not far from the bed.
"I came to tell you okay, I'll see a therapist." Karen replied.
"Thank you very much Honey. I'm going to make sure I get you the best therapists."
Karen opened the door to leave, but then turned to Olivia and said. "Thanks for not telling the world I walked in on my mom and Uncle Andrew like I just did on you guys." Karen had a smirk on her face. "I really need to learn how to knock."
"I'm very sorry for everything going on." Olivia said to her.
Karen went out and closed the door. She knocked outside now, and waited for a respond.
"Yes, come in." Fitz said.
Karen opened the door, peeked her head in, smiling. "Nice boobs by the way." She said to Olivia and closed the door quickly.
Olivia and Fitz's mouths were both opened. Olivia covered her face with her hands while Fitz laughed out loud and walked to her, he removed the sheet he gave her to covered herself with. "The boobs are really nice though" Fitz teased, cupping Olivia's breasts into his hands.
Olivia laughed mortifyingly and pushed his hands away. "Don't touch me. Your daughter just saw me naked." She said, putting on his shirt. "Nothing for you today."
"C'mon, Olivia."
"Nope."
Olivia got a call from Marcus, telling her a man who just escaped from prison wanted to talk to her. "Tell him we're not in business right now. And he should go back to prison." Olivia said and cut off the line.
"What was that?" Fitz asked.
"One escapee who needs my aid."
"Why don't you listen to him?"
"I'm not ready to deal with work yet."
Fitz decided not to push the topic. "Hey, I forgot to tell you. Edison is going to be a special guest on CNN live later today, talking about you, and I'm sure this is going to intensify the attention more on you. I'm truly sorry."
"Edison, Edison, Edison. Oh my God, he deserves an explanation from me."
"Then call him." Fitz said.
Olivia was now pacing back and forth. "Babe?"
"Yes. I love it when you call me babe." He smiled at her.
Olivia rolled her eyes playfully. "Do you remember when you asked me how are we going to take the focus off me?"
"Yes, what do you have in mind?"
"I'm going to shift the focus to you and your ex-wife, well not me; Edison is going to shift it. And it may be a little tough on you."
"Do it. You've taken most of the heat. I'm a big boy, I can handle myself." Fitz smiled.
"But I can only do it if Edison is not mad at me though."
"The guy hates me more than you. I'm sure it will be a delight for him to see my demise whether he's mad at you or not."
Olivia picked up her phone and dialed Edison's number. Fitz wanted to leave the room, to give her some privacy, but Olivia asked him to stay. Edison picked up after some few rings.
"Hey, Edison."
Edison was direct. "What do you want Olivia?"
Olivia rubbed her forehead with her hand. "My confession to Diane Sawyer, I'm sorry for not being truthful to you, and how things ended with us."
"I don't have anything to say to you Olivia, bye." Edison cut off the line.
Olivia looked at her phone to be sure Edison cut off the line on her. Fitz walked to her. "Don't worry. We'll try something else."
Olivia recalled how she treated Edison and felt really bad. "He has the right to be mad. He suspected us before, but I made him felt remorseful and he apologized for it. I gave him back his ring, twice, without much of an explanation."
Within some few minutes, Edison called her back. "The least you could do was tell me you were interested in someone else."
"You would've asked who, and you suspected him already. Edison, I'm truly sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you."
"Do you know how humiliating this is for me?" Edison asked angrily.
Tears dropped from Olivia's eyes. She sat down. Fitz sat beside her and wiped out her tears. "I can't say I know, but I'm certain I hurt you. I always do this to people around me. I think I'm cursed or something."
Edison was a little calmer now. "I loved you Olivia. I think I still do. But you choose that President, a Republican, the worst President ever in our history over me, and it hurts."
Olivia was about to defend Fitz, saying he wasn't the worst President, but She decided to concentrate on the first part of his sentence. "I knew you loved me. And I'm sorry I didn't love you as much."
"You said you love him to Diane Sawyer. Do you really? or just playing him for the politics like what people are saying, which I'd be very happy if so, by the way." Edison asked her.
Olivia looked at Fitz with tears filled eyes. "I love him." She caressed Fitz's face with her fingers. "I've tried to push him away so many times." The tears fell down her cheeks now. "I did everything I could to hate him, for him to hate me. But I'm hundred percent certain I'm lost without him. And the world hates me now for this."
Fitz was very moved by Olivia's speech to Edison, about her being lost without him. He gave Olivia a kiss on her wet cheek and kissed the back of her palms that caressed his face.
"Be careful what you wish for Olivia. You once told me you wanted painful, difficult devastating extraordinary life changing love, remember?"
Olivia breathed out. "Yes I do."
"Did you really shut down OPA?"
"Yes I did. Clients were firing me anyways. Everyone is blaming me for the affair."
"What can I do to help?"
"Edison!"
"Stop playing games with me Olivia. I know you called to ask for something. What can I do to help?"
"Thank you Edison. I want the media and the public to shift their attention away from me."
"Go on."
Olivia took some steps away from Fitz. "Senator Mellie and the President lied to the American people but somehow the world is blaming me for everything. They are the leaders governing the America people, but yet no one is holding them accountable for the lies they both told. The President told the world he slept with Jenny then he later on changed his mind he didn't. Mellie also lied, which the President confirmed to the world it was all lies, yet no media outlet is really talking about this. And why is that?"
Edison felt bad for her. "Because people like you, and me have little or no humanity in America, Olivia. Our flaws are magnified why theirs is understood."
"Exactly." Olivia answered.
"I got you Olivia. But I really do hate your boyfriend just to be clear."
"Thank you Edison."
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CNN was ready for Edison to tell the world the history of his relationship with Olivia, and what happened between them. But he instead questions the media and the public handling of the matter. And asked why Mellie and the President were innocent creations with no sins in this. Edison called for the impeachment of the President and the resignation of Mellie as a Senator. He said he was disappointed by the Senates and Congress for not calling for their resignation. He used the platform to start his campaign for President in the next coming election. He spoke deeply and bitterly about the media and the public treatment of black people. He went out of topic to talk about police brutality on African Americans. He ended his speech with the hashtag #BlackLivesMatters.
And just like that the focus shifted from Olivia. Edison for President Hashtag was everywhere on social media. Citizens of Virginia were signing documents for Mellie to resign as their Senator, saying they didn't want a liar and a hypocrite as their Representative. House of Representatives were now calling for Fitz to be impeached, saying the President must answer questions in front of a federal grand Jury.
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Cyrus used the opportunity of mostly Democrats calling for Fitz's impeachment to leaked information about Dr. Walker illegal fetus transplant to some Democrats in the House. He convinced them to issue an arrest for Dr. Walker, telling them Dr. Walker has more information that would implicate the President.
The pressure for Mellie to resign was mounting. She was desperately looking for ways to shift the focus back to Olivia. She decided to use her daughter to accomplish this. She asked Karen to come and visit her in Virginia.
"Karen, baby, I need your help." Mellie welcome Karen at the door.
"What mom?" Karen asked.
"Baby, I need you to have a chat with Anderson Cooper."
"Why, Mom? You know I hate interviews." Karen said, very weary of everything.
"People want me to resign, and I can't do that. I know Olivia is behind it. I need you to tell the world Olivia Pope is a liar. Tell the world I wasn't aware of their relationship, and that I just found out recently. You being the First Kid would force the public to listen."
"Olivia has been nothing but nice to me Mom. Why should I say something like that? She helped me when I got into trouble last time, remember?"
"Honey, she was paid to help you. That is her job. She didn't do it out of the goodness of her heart."
"Mom, I'm sorry. I can't do it. You guys she leave me alone, I don't want to be involved or choose side in this."
"Karen, I'm going to tell you something I wish I don't have to. Being a Senator is the only thing going on for me right now, and I can't lose it. I need you to sit down with Anderson Cooper." Mellie started her pretend sobbing at this point. "I wasn't always this vindictive you know. I loved your father. I still do. Our problem started when your Grandpa Jerry raped me."
"What?" Karen covered her mouth shaking in shock.
"Yes Karen. Your Dad's father, Grandpa Jerry, raped me."
Karen became tremendously fatigue and exhausted. "No.. no no... is... not t..rue." She was now gasping for breath.
"Karen, baby, are you OK?" Mellie didn't know what to do as Karen was getting weaker. "Baby I'm sorry. You don't have to do any interview with Anderson Cooper. SOMEBODY HELP" Mellie shouted, calling for help as Karen fainted.
Jake and Lizzy Bear are not in this story because in my honest opinion they add nothing to the show. But if you guys want them in, I'll find a way to make them relevant, but I hope you guys don't though. LOL.
Jake is going to be in my upcoming story because I need a relevant villain.
'ADDICTS' PROMO
NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART
(YOU'VE BEEN WARN)
Fitz and Olivia are two strangers who are struggling with a three letter word, 'overcoming sex addiction.' Fitz, who has been sex free for one and a half year just quit his job with a seven figure salary to be a full time sex counselor, while Olivia is still struggling to overcome her addiction. What is going to happen when they find their selves in the same room? BOOYAH!
