SHONDA, SILENT NIGHT PLAYED WHILE OLIVIA IS HAVING AN ABORTION?
NO, MA'AM YOU AIN'T SHIT. YEAR OF YES MY ASS.
GOD, GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO QUIT SCANDAL. YES, I AM THAT MAD. I DON'T WANT OLITZ ANYMORE. HOW ABUSIVE CAN A RELATIONSHIP BE?
YOU GUYS SHOULD BE READY FOR THE MELLIE'S SHOW IN THE NEXT ARC. OLIVIA IS GOING TO RUN HER CAMPAIGN. AND FOR THE MELLIVIAS OUT THERE YOU GUYS ARE VERY HYPOCRITICAL. MELLIVIA IS MUCH MORE ABUSIVE THAN OLITZ. MELLIE HAS NO RESPECT FOR OLIVIA. AS LONG AS OLIVIA IS THE ONE TAKING THE INSULT, YEAH GO GIRL POWER. WHEN OLIVIA CALLED MELLIE A BITCH IT HAS TO BE IN A COMPLEMENTARY TONE BUT NOT MELLIE CALLING HER A WHORE. I CAN'T STAND THIS ANYMORE.
Back to what I can control.
Up to four doctors were working on Olivia in one of the White House rooms. An argument broke out among them. Two of the doctors wanted Olivia to be taken to the operating room immediately, while the other two said, moving her would induce more stress on her and the baby.
The gladiators, Fitz and Karen were outside the room, waiting for the doctors to give them something about Olivia's state. They were divided in two groups. Fitz and Karen were sitting at one end, while Huck, Quinn and Marcus were at the other end, with Abby alternating between both groups.
"This is his fault. She didn't want to come, but he had to force her." Marcus, blaming Fitz for Olivia's situation.
"The blame game is not helping anyone." Huck said to Marcus.
"But Marcus has a point. It is his fault." Quinn, siding with Marcus.
"If saying is his fault makes you guys feel any better, then go and head, keep saying it. Just not around me." Huck said and distanced himself from them.
Abby rolled her eyes at their conversation. She couldn't believe she was once part of this group. She saw Cyrus with Fitz, and went to the other group. Cyrus saw her approaching, and told her to go and address the nation about Olivia's condition immediately.
Abby wasn't really in the mood to do so. "Olivia's life is in danger I don't want to go up there and answer stupid questions from stupid reporters."
"Red, we all can't do want we want can we?" Cyrus asked, more of a mockery inquiry.
"Cyrus, I'm actually not in the mood for your….." Abby tried to sweep him away.
"Do I need to spell it out to you? This is your job, now get going." Cyrus shouted at her.
Abby didn't move. Fitz then told Abby to go and do as Cyrus instructed. She murmured while walking away. "She said she wasn't feeling well, but you had to force her so you could tell the world about the baby."
Fitz called Abby back. "I know this is my fault, Abby. And no matter the outcome, I'm never going to forgive myself for this. But addressing the nation now is part of your job. Please just do as Cyrus says."
"Sorry Sir. I didn't mean that." Abby thought she wasn't audible. She went away in a rush.
Fitz bowed down his head certain everyone blamed him for this. If only they knew he blame himself as well. With the looks Olivia's gladiators were giving him, he was aware if not of his title and his secret service agents he would've heard one from them.
Karen attempted to comfort him. "Dad, don't worry Olivia and the baby are going to be ok."
Fitz hugged Karen and kissed her head. "I hope so honey, I truly hope so. I'm never going to forgive myself if anything happens to her and the baby. I know she's never going to forgive me either."
"Why? You didn't do anything." Karen asked, a little confused.
"Karen, why don't I take you back to the Residence?" Cyrus suggested.
"No." Karen answered firmly. "I'm here for my dad and Olivia if you want to go you do that."
Fitz and the gladiators saw the doctors coming out of Olivia's room and they all rushed toward them. But the doctors told them they'd like to talk to Fitz alone.
"We are not going anywhere." Huck told the doctors.
"We want to know how she's doing too." Marcus backed Huck.
"We are her only family." Quinn added.
Fitz looked at the doctors then the gladiators. "You guys can say whatever you want to say in front of everyone. We all love her dearly. How is she doing?"
"Sir, we can't give you anything on that yet." One of the doctors said.
Fitz got pissed. "Then why are you all out here when you have to be working on her?" He demanded angrily.
Another doctor came forward. "Sir, we are at a dead end. We are divided whether to move Olivia to the hospital immediately or wait for her to be stable before we move her."
"What are the risks?" Fitz calmly asked them.
"She's not stable enough to be moved." A different doctor came forward.
"But if we don't move her to the hospital now in order to operate on her, she and the baby are definitely not going to make it." Another doctor challenged.
One of the doctor against the move tried to defend his point. "She's not strong enough to be operated on. So why move her and risk her life and that of the baby?"
"Our profession is all about risk. The fact that you don't know that calls for your assessment." A doctor for the move took matters a little out of the box.
"My assessment? I went to one of the best medical schools in the world. If anything you shouldn't touch Olivia coming from that medical school with no name."
The doctors started mocking each other. Fitz and the rest of the group were all quiet, watching them throw insult at themselves.
"You guys should shut up and have some respect in front of the President." Cyrus shouted at them, then told Fitz he has to talk to Abby.
After Cyrus left, the doctors went back on the debate whether to move Olivia to the hospital or not. Fitz eyes moved from one doctor to the other as they all tried to make their case without actually listening to what they were saying. The gladiators gathered in a corner, having a discussion or argument of their own too.
Fitz left both group and went to the room where Olivia was. He couldn't let himself enter the room. He stood at the door with Karen beside him, staring at Olivia inside. The White House doctor I sent to check on you said you were fine, my reason for forcing you to come. I've destroyed us for good this time around. If you survive this you're never going to forgive me. You have a good reason to leave for good now. You said you weren't feeling well, but I couldn't stop my ego.
"Mr. President, what should we do? You decide, Sir." The doctors interrupted Fitz's thought.
The gladiators came back and everyone was waiting for Fitz's decision. "I don't know." Fitz said and turned to the gladiators. "You guys are her family, you should decide."
"Sir, you are the boyfriend or husband to be. This is your call." Marcus said to Fitz.
"My decisions with her are never correct." He breathed out heavily. "No matter the outcome she's going to walk away from me after this." Fitz didn't know he said that out loud. He then saw the awkward look on everyone's face.
"She wouldn't, she loves you." Karen said to him.
Fitz smiled dryly at Karen. "Sometimes love is not enough honey."
"Sir, the more time we waste the more her situation becomes worse. We need an answer Sir." The doctors all agreed on this point.
Fitz turned to the gladiators again. "Guys what should they do?"
The gladiators were all quiet. They didn't know the right answer too.
"Sir?" The doctors called, waiting on Fitz.
Fitz looked at everyone before he settled. He let out a breath, then said, "do whatever that would save her life, her life before the baby's."
"Olivia won't want that." Huck said to Fitz.
"She didn't want my baby in the first place." Fitz replied, walking to sit somewhere.
"Dad!" Surprised Karen called out.
Fitz ran his hands through his hair in frustration. "It's a little complicated honey."
Huck stepped in front of the physicians. "Move her to the hospital."
"But the President said…."
"I heard what he said." Huck gave his attention to Fitz. "Sir, Olivia is a fighter. And if she didn't really want to have that baby nothing and no one would've stopped her."
Fitz thought about that for a while, then instructed the doctors. "We take her to the hospital then." He spoke to his agents and organized Air Force 1 to move Olivia to Madison hospital. The gladiators were on their way out so they could join Olivia at the hospital, but Fitz said he'd arrange for a chopper to take them there.
Fitz picked up how tired Karen looked. "Karen, honey, try and get some rest. I have to go to the hospital with Olivia."
"No, I'm not going to leave you alone. I'm coming with you." Karen took a firm stand.
"Honey, I'd be fine. I have Olivia's people with me."
"No, they'll all gather together in a corner and you'd be totally alone. Please, I want to come too. I want to be there for Liv." Karen made her case.
Fitz smiled at her. "You look very tired."
"I'd be fine."
"Okay."
XXX
Abby was in the briefing room, briefing the press and the nation about Olivia's condition.
"How is Olivia doing?" One reporter asked.
"The best doctors in the country are working on her at the moment." Abby answered.
"We saw Olivia bleeding. Any idea whether the baby will make it?" Ashely asked.
"I'm not a doctor Ashely. And I can't see in the future." Abby replied, already irritated.
"A source told me Olivia didn't want to be at the State Dinner, but the President force her. Is this true?"
"Why don't you ask your source if that is true or not." Abby answered harshly.
"If you can't confirm that can you tell us why Olivia was late for the State Dinner? She was the last person to be there." Another reporter asked.
"Like really? You actually want to do an investigation on somebody whose life is clinging by a thread?" It got too personal for Abby.
"Are you confirming Olivia's life is clinging by a thread?" Three reporters asked together.
Abby had to silently count from 1 to 3 in order to calm down before responding. "I'm not confirming anything. Please, the President would like you to respect their privacy at this time. And put Olivia in your prayers." Abby said and walked out of the podium.
"I like this feisty Red." Cyrus teased.
"Not now Cyrus. Any update on Olivia"
"She has been moved to Madison hospital."
XXX
Mellie at the other side of town couldn't be happier with the news about Olivia's condition. "Karma is a bitch, I guess." she heard a knock on her door. She opened and it was papa Pope.
"Hello Mellie."
"What are you doing here, how did you know where I live?"
"I know everything, but don't worry your pretty head with that."
"Why are you here?"
"I have a business proposal for you."
"I don't want anything from you."
"Trust me, you will when I tell you what."
"What?"
"I want to make you President, after your ex-husband is out of office. I want you to take over."
Mellie chuckled nervously. "You can't make me President."
"I helped you the last time didn't I?"
"You killed those innocent people."
"NO, you did that."
"Let's just say I accept your proposal. What is in there for you?"
"Hmm, that you'd have to wait and see, but you have 48 hours to decide." Papa Pope said and left.
XXX
The doctors were able to stop the bleeding, but the baby was still in severe danger. They couldn't perform a major required surgical operation on Olivia that could save the baby's life immediately because Olivia was too fragile to undergo any major surgery at the moment.
Some few minutes later, Olivia regained consciousness. The first question she asked was the baby. "Is my baby Ok?"
"Olivia, you have to concentrate on getting stronger now." One of the four doctors around Olivia said.
"Just tell me. I want to know."
"Olivia this is not the proper time to grant you an update. Just rest a little. You have a major surgery to undergo if you want to keep the baby, but that can only be done when you are strong enough."
"Let's just tell her what she wants to know." An impatient doctor told the others.
"What do you mean if I want to keep the baby? Just tell me whether my baby is ok." She yelled in pain.
"We are not sure whether the baby would be OK." The impatient doctor replied.
"What do you mean?" Olivia asked, nearly in tears.
"Her heart is very weak at the moment." A different doctor added.
Olivia started crying. "Her?"
"Yes, the baby is a girl."
"But she could live, right?" Olivia nervously asked.
"Olivia, she could be stagnant or dead as we speak."
"Don't say that to her." One of the doctors shouted at the other.
"What? You just said her heart is weak, which mean she's alive." Olivia cried out.
"Olivia, her heart is too weak in a way that it could stop at any time."
"That's not totally true." One of the doctors pointed out.
"Where is Fitz? Where is the President?" Olivia asked with tears flowing down her face.
"He's outside with some of your friends waiting for you."
"I want to see him, please."
XXX
The doctors went to Fitz, very happy they stopped the bleeding. "Sir, we were able to halt the bleeding."
"This is good news, right?" Fitz asked.
"Sir, for now Olivia is out of danger, but the baby is still in great danger. The baby's heart is very weak. In our honest opinion, we don't believe she's going to…"
A different doctor challenged. "In your opinion, not ours."
Fitz wasn't really into their debate. All he learned was the baby is a she. "She? The baby is a girl?"
"….. I advise for an abortion than a surgical procedure. A surgical operation could be detrimental to Olivia's health."
"The baby is a girl?" Karen repeated her father's question.
"Yes, it is a girl."
"How detrimental?" Fitz asked.
"What?" The doctors all asked together, a little confused.
"You said the surgical operation could be detrimental to Olivia's health."
"Olivia and the baby might not make it. If Olivia does make it, she's never going to bear another child. But with an abortion now, she is definitely going to make it and even have another baby in about three years' time or so."
"True." All the doctors agreed on that.
"But the surgery can still save her life and the baby, right?" Karen asked.
"We can try, but there's no guarantee. Olivia has to be strong enough to under this procedure. She has like nine hours to gather some strength so we could operate if we are to proceed with the surgery. Sir, in my honest opinion, I don't think the baby will survive this procedure. It's preferable to abort the baby immediately to avoid any damage on Olivia."
"This can't be happening after everything we've been through." Fitz voiced out in frustration.
"Olivia asked of you." One of the doctor told Fitz.
"Olivia is conscious? Why didn't you tell me this immediately?" Fitz asked, rushing toward Olivia's room. He was nearly close to her door when he stopped. I don't think my presence would be good for her. I'm the reason she's here. He went and relay the update to the gladiators. He told them to go and see Olivia first.
The gladiators entered Olivia's room and the first person she asked for was Fitz. "Where is Fitz?" Olivia asked.
"He is outside with Karen." Quinn replied.
"How are you doing?" Marcus asked.
"Can't you tell?" Olivia answered with a question.
"Sorry." Marcus added.
"Guys, thanks for being here."
"Let's give her some time to rest." Huck told Marcus and Quinn. They were walking out when Olivia asked Huck to tell Fitz she wanted to see him.
XXX
"Why didn't you see her first?" Karen questioned her father.
"I don't think she wants to see me." Fitz answered, trying hard not to break down in front of his daughter. "She didn't want to come for the Dinner. She said she wasn't feeling well. I sent a doctor to check on her earlier, and he told me she was fine. That's why I forced my Agents to bring her. Now look what happened."
"You didn't tell her you were going to announce her being pregnant to the world, right? I could see it in her face."
"Right." Fitz answered with a heavy heart.
"You guys were fighting?"
"Yes, she didn't want anyone to know about the baby. She wanted to travel to Belize so she could have the baby there, but I didn't want that. She wanted us to keep the baby a secret."
"But why?"
"She stated she didn't want our baby to be labelled for the rest of her life. That our baby would be called a bastard."
"But you just proposed to her. No one would've called the baby that."
"That was my plan and it backfires."
"You told Huck she didn't want the baby in the first place." Karen said, but more of a question.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that. She was just scared of what people would say. By then the world didn't know about us. Plus your mom didn't want to sign the divorce papers. But she loves the baby very much now."
Karen held her father's hand and squeezed it lightly. "I'm sorry dad."
Fitz fought back tears. "The baby might not make it. I know she's going to have a good reason to walk away now. And I won't even blame her. If anything happened to them I'm never going to forgive myself." He saw Huck walking towards them. He and Karen got up and met him halfway. "How is she doing Huck?" Fitz asked in agitation.
"She's not doing too good Sir, she looks like Hell. She wants to see you." Huck informed Fitz.
Fitz was dying to see Olivia too, but didn't want to stress her, since he was the reason for her being there. "I'd see her after the surgery. I can't face her at the moment."
Karen felt bad for her dad. "Can I see her? I want to wish her luck and say I love her." Karen asked her dad.
"Sure. Go see her, and tell me how she is doing."
XXX
Karen walked into Olivia's room. Olivia looked past her. Hoping Fitz was behind her, but Karen closed the door. "Where is your father?" Olivia asked Karen.
"He's outside." Karen answered and got closer to her.
"Why doesn't he want to see me? Is he still mad at me?" Olivia inquired, almost in tears.
"I think he's mad at himself."
"Please go tell him I want to see him. I need him now."
Karen held Olivia's hand. "He said he'll see you after the surgery."
"Please, tell him I am scared and I just want him to hold me. Please get him here." Olivia pleaded in tears.
Karen left Olivia's room and went for her father. Moments later, Fitz opened Olivia's door and stood there, scared to take a step inside. He didn't want to look at Olivia. Olivia could tell he had been crying, just like her.
"It's a girl." Olivia said to Fitz.
Fitz now looked at her. "It's a girl." He repeated.
"Yeah, what you wanted." Olivia tried to smile at him.
Fitz averted his eyes and gazed at the floor instead. "What did you want? I never asked you."
Olivia shrugged. "I've never had a child before. So, it didn't matter if it's a boy or a girl."
They were both quiet. Olivia spoke first. "I'm not mad at you." She covered her face with both hands. "If anything you should be the one mad at me." She cried. "If I tell you what I did, you're going to hate me. But please, I just need you here with me for now."
Fitz cleared his throat. "I didn't want to come immediately because I thought you won't want to see me."
Olivia's hands were still on her face."The White House doctor you sent to check on me after I left Abby's office…."
"Yes, what about him?" Fitz asked a little puzzled.
Olivia placed her hands now on her forehead. "He didn't check on me."
"But he told me he did. And that you were OK."
"I told him to tell you that." Tears were running down her cheeks.
"Why would you do that?" Fitz asked, trying hard not to explode.
"Because, because, because I…..Please, don't be mad. I know you have the right to, but please don't." Olivia begged.
Fitz saw how scared she looked. He rushed to her and held her. "Its ok, don't cry anymore please. Don't stress yourself."
But Olivia wanted him to know what happened to her wasn't his fault "After our fight in Abby's office I went to my apartment and everything was fine. When the doctor you sent came, I was reviewing some stupid case. I told him I'm fine and he should tell you that if he wants to keep his job."
"It's okay. Stop talking now."
"He would've noticed something was wrong, but I didn't let him. What if the baby doesn't make it Fitz?" Olivia cried.
"Then we would look for a way to walk through this, okay?" Fitz kissed her forehead.
"Where is the ring?" Olivia asked.
"What?"
"The ring."
"I don't know. I must have dropped it when you fainted. I'm sorry I had to propose in such a manner. I was trying to push you in a corner and that was wrong."
"I know you were mad."
"I'm really sorry about that."
Olivia smiled at him. "Let's get married at this instant."
"What? You are in a hospital bed."
"I know, but I want us to be married before I go in for the surgery."
Fitz stared at her for a while before he suggested. "Olivia, I was thinking maybe we should abort the baby than go with the surgery."
"What?" Olivia shouted at him.
"The doctors said the surgery might be detrimental to you and you may never conceive again. Minus that you could die. We can have another baby in the future if we go with the abortion now."
"No, our baby is going to live. I'm not aborting this baby Fitz."
Fitz breathed out. "Okay."
"I don't want any of those doctors around me. I don't want them to do the surgery."
"They're a little crazy, right?" Fitz asked, more of a statement than a question.
"Not a little, they're very crazy. I want Dr. Walker."
"Olivia, after that fetus transplant fiasco and my impeachment talks, his license was revoked."
"I know, but you are the President. Minus what he tried to do, he's very good at his job. I'm sure his fetus transplant would've been successful even though it was going to be his first time."
"Okay, I'm going to call him."
Olivia brought back the marriage talk. "I said let's get married now. I would be going in for the surgery in a few hours."
"Olivia, why now?" Fitz questioned.
"I don't want us to have any reason to stay apart no matter the outcome of the surgery."
"What if something happens to you?"
"Then you'd be a widower. And if you dare remarried immediately my ghost is going to hunt you forever" Olivia teased.
Fitz laughed. "If you have a ghost then there would be no reason for me to remarried. I'd just stay married to your ghost." He teased too. "Olivia, on a more serious note you're not strong enough for a wedding. And we don't have time to prepare."
"I don't have to get up from the bed. You're the president. We can get anyone we want to orchestrate the occasion. I'm sure the hospital has a Chaplin, and getting a license is not going to a problem with your title."
"I am the President of the United State. Do you really want this?"
Olivia laughed. "Yes."
"Okay, let's do this."
"But….."
"I knew this was too good to be true. There is a but?"
"I don't want to be the country's First Lady. Let's get married for us. I want to be able to do things without all the first lady's restrictions."
"Your wish is my command my lady." Fitz teased playfully. "The world won't know about this."
"The world can know all they want. But we're not going to confirm anything to anyone until when we're ready."
"But what about our love ones, Karen, your gladiators?"
"They're part of us. We do need witnesses. Don't we?"
Fitz kissed her. "Okay, let me make some calls."
While Fitz was on his phone, Olivia also called Abby, and informed her on what they were about to do.
"You guys took NORMAL being OVERRATED to a whole different level. I'd be there. I can't miss your wedding for the world." Abby said.
How is that for a winter finale? Who wouldn't tune in for the mid-season premiere? LOL
