THIS STORY HAS BECOME HARD AND BORING TO WRITE. I STARTED IT AS CONTINUATION FROM SEASON FOUR. SINCE I DON'T WATCH THE SHOW ANYMORE, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO WRITE ALONG THE SHOW PREMISES DUE TO THE FACT THAT I HAVE TO THINK FROM THE SHOW'S PAST PLOT IN OTHER FOR ME TO PUT FORTH A COMPELLING STORY. BUT TRYING TO DO THAT MAKES ME VERY SAD WHICH IS AFFECTING THE WRITING OF MY OTHER STORY THAT HAS NO SIMILARITY TO SCANDAL.

I'M NOW SEARCHING FOR A DIFFERENT CREATIVE MEANS TO BE INVESTED IN THIS STORY. BUT IF I DON'T FIND ONE SOON I AM GOING TO TRY AND WRAP THIS UP WITH FEW MORE CHAPTERS.

THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THIS JOURNEY WITH ME.

Dr Walker managed and was able to tell The President, he successfully took the baby out of Olivia and that the baby was now in the neonatal intensive care unit. He was explaining exactly what he did to the best of The President's understanding.

Fitz thought he was dreaming. He was completely out of words. He just stood there and stared at Dr Walker in astonishment. To say how happy he was would be an understatement to current state of mind.

Dr Walker was now concerned for The President due to his lifeless look. "Mr. President, are you OK?" He touched the President forehead, thinking he could be running a fever or something. "Sir, did you hear what I just said?" He asked again to be sure The President was still in there.

Fitz finally found his voice. "Are you certain the baby is going to make it?"

Dr Walker let out a breath of relief. "Thank God you are with me." He said before answering The President question. "Your baby is not like the normal premature babies. She's going to need a lot of medical care and attention as she grows, but I strongly believe she's going to be OK. I am going to make sure of it, Sir." Dr Walker promised with boldness.

"What about Olivia, hope no complications in the future?" Fitz asked Dr Walker.

Dr Walker's boldness flattened. "I was about to tell you, Sir. The procedure I performed on Olivia to take the baby out was too invasive. She won't be able to have any more children in the future."

Fitz took a long painful breath. "What?" He ran his hands through his hair in frustration. "What if the baby doesn't make it, so we won't be able to have another child ever again?" He asked sorrowfully with tears in his eyes.

"I am very sorry Mr. President. It was the only way to save her and the baby. I knew how badly you wanted this baby. And I promise you she is going to make it. I'm going to make…"

Fitz didn't really have the luxury to be mad. "Can I see them?" He interrupted Dr Walker.

"Yes Sir."

Dr Walker took Fitz to Olivia's room first.

Fitz could see Olivia was still sedated. She looked very pale and seemed to be in pain. He went to her bed and kissed her forehead. "Thank you for fighting through this and not leaving me behind." He stayed with Olivia for a while before telling her he has to check on their little miracle. He kissed her on her lips before leaving her room.

Fitz and Dr Walker went to the neonatal intensive care unit. When they were inside, Dr Walker pointed at the incubator where his baby was in. Fitz literally rushed to it and stopped suddenly after he saw how tiny his baby was. He got really scared and wondered whether she was going to survive. He asked Dr Walker and some nurses who were there if they were certain she was going to make it.

Dr Walker assured him his baby was going to be fine, but was going to spend months in the incubator.

"How many months?" Fitz asked Dr Walker without taking his eyes from his little girl.

"I can't really tell at the moment. But I'm estimating about four months max."

"Four months?" Fitz now looked at Dr Walker.

"Yes, Mr. President."

His eyes went back to his baby. "What about Olivia, how long is she going to stay here?"

"The procedure I did on her as I earlier mentioned was very invasive. She has about a month or two to heal completely."

Fitz placed his hands on the glass that was protecting his baby. "Daddy and mommy love you very much. Hang in there for us. You have to fight this for us." Fitz smiled at his baby girl knowing her mother is a fighter, hoping she inherits that particular gene. "I think she looks just like her mom." He said to Dr Walker and the nurses without taking his eyes off his little miracle.

Dr Walker and the nurses chuckled, very certain it was too hard to tell. "Sir, I don't think you can tell. It's too early to know who she looks like." Dr Walker said to him.

Fitz gave Dr Walker and the nurses a stern look. "I said what I said. She looks like her mom."

They all got nervous with the look. "Yes Sir, she looks just like her mom." Dr Walker agreed and the nurses shook their head in agreement to please The President.

XXX

Olivia got up the next day and Fitz was by her side wanting her to see a familiar face when she opened her eyes.

"Hey you, welcome back." Fitz said to her.

Olivia smiled at him. "Thank you." She touched Fitz's face before touching her tummy. She didn't feel like the baby was inside her. She could hear her heart pounding like it wanted to explode. "Was I too late?" She was already in tears. "Our baby didn't make it?" She asked Fitz.

Fitz kissed her forehead. "Yes, she did." He answered and climbed on her bed to hold her.

"But I can't feel her inside me." Olivia looked at Fitz with teary eyes.

Fitz wiped her tears, "Yes, that's because she is not inside you."

"What do you mean?"

"She's in the intensive care unit."

Olivia was calmer now. "But, but she's not up to…?"

"Livve, Dr Walker said she's going to be fine. He said he's going to make sure she's fine. He promised, you know he can't promise The President if he wasn't certain."

"Are you sure?" Olivia asked him.

Fitz smiled at her. "Yes, wifey." He reminded her they were now married.

Olivia's eyes brightened up. "So, we're really married eh?"

"Yes, we are. Any regrets now that your life is no longer in danger?" He asked her.

Olivia was quiet, she thought of Red hat's accusation of how selfish she has been and tears filled her eyes. Fitz didn't like the look on Olivia's face.

"You do have regrets." Fitz stated, and got up from her bed. He was a little hurt because the thought of Olivia regretting they got married has crossed his mind, but he didn't dwell on it because he just wanted her to be OK.

Olivia called him back to the bed. "I don't regret it."

Fitz didn't move from where he was standing, he placed his hands in his pocket. "But the look on your face says otherwise."

"Someone told me I've been very selfish and that you deserves better. I promise to be better." She extended her hand, calling him back to her side.

Fitz went back to her. "You deserve better too, and I promise to be better too. But who told you that?"

"I'll tell you someday, but for now I want to see our daughter."

"I don't think you're strong enough to leave the bed." Fitz said to her.

"If I have to get there myself at this very moment I am going to. Please take me to her so I don't have to struggle to get there."

"I need permission from Dr Walker first." Fitz didn't want to take chances.

"I am not going to take 'no, you are not strong enough and you shouldn't leave your bed' from Dr Walker." She warned him.

XXX

Abby was addressing the press. Somehow the news about Olivia and the President being married got leaked to the press and she had no clue before stepping onto the podium.

"Is it true the President and Olivia Pope got married in the hospital two days ago?" One reporter asked.

Abby was quickly shaken by the question because she knew The President and Olivia wanted to keep their wedding on the down low until they were ready to share with the public. "And where did you get that?" She asked nervously.

"Just answer the question, Abby." Another reporter chipped in.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Abby fumbled.

"OK Abby, if you don't know that. What about The President and Olivia Pope's baby being in the neonatal intensive care unit?

"I repeat, I do not know what you are talking about. Can we get back to real issues affecting the American people and the world? " Abby tried to change the topic.

But the reporters wouldn't let it slide. "Abby, some of the doctors who worked on Olivia tweeted about it, and those tweets have since been deleted. We just want your confirmation." The reporters were now talking over each other.

"Folks, folks, people, since as The President personal life is more important than what happened to Nice, France and the world, that will be all for the day. The President request you respect their privacy and put Olivia and France in your prayers." Abby said and left the podium in a hurry, certain her demeanor gave her away.

Cyrus met her on her way out. "We have to tell the American people the truth."

"But the President and Olivia don't want that." Abby said to Cyrus.

"No, Olivia doesn't want that. We know the President is dying to tell the world about this. We work for the President and not Olivia."

"Cyrus!" Abby called out.

"America comes first, Red. You should know that." Cyrus said and left Abby scared about what he might do.

XXX

Mellie and Papa Pope heard of the news of the President and Olivia being married and their baby being in the intensive care unit on BNC. "Do you think the news is true?" Mellie asked Papa Pope.

"Are you really asking me that? Of course the news is true, can't you see Abby's reaction when she was asked? That stupid daughter of mine, one would think with a brain like that she won't settle for being just a first lady, but no, she keeps setting her standard lower."

"Hey, I was once a First Lady, you know." Mellie pointed.

"Do I look like I care?" Papa Pope asked her.

Mellie was now pacing to and fro. "The least Fitz could do was give me a heads up. I have to hear this nonsense over the news? I am going to destroy them. I am not done with them."

Papa Pope joined her in her pacing. "I've always wanted a grandchild, but definitely not from him. That baby shouldn't live. I don't want any relative of mine to have a blood connection with that boy they called President. We have to do something."

"I am not a murderer, but how do we do that? I don't want my kids near their bastard too."

"Leave everything to me, but I am going to need your assistance." Papa Pope said to Mellie before walking away.

"You can count on me." Mellie shouted behind him.

XXX

Olivia was wheeled to the neonatal intensive care unit. Even though Dr Walker wanted her not to move from her bed for days, she was too persistent that Fitz let Dr Walker know she wasn't going to rest until she saw the baby.

Fitz and Olivia were now in the neonatal intensive care unit with Dr Walker. Olivia saw her baby for the first time. "Oh my God, she's so tiny," She said with tears of joy. She looked at Fitz. "We brought a human into the world, can you believe it?"

Fitz caressed her face. "Yes, we did, although I've brought three already"

"Yeah, yeah, you are free to brag about that." She teased him.

"I think she looks just like you." Fitz said to Olivia.

Olivia smiled at him. "I think it's too early to tell who she looks like."

Dr Walker was happy to hear that from Olivia. "I told the President the same thing, but…."

Fitz looked in Dr Walker's direction and Dr Walker shut his mouth. He gave his attention back to Olivia and his baby. "I do think she looks like you." Fitz insisted.

"You just want her to look like me."

"Well….."

Olivia interrupted him, "Don't worry, we are going to have more babies and some are definitely going to look like me and some like you." Olivia smiled at Fitz, but could see Fitz's reaction to her statement. "Why, I thought you wanted at least two babies with me?" She asked from Fitz's reaction.

"Livvie, we need to talk." Fitz said to her.

Dr Walker suggested being the one to talk to Olivia about her situation. "Maybe I should be the one to tell her, Sir." He said to Fitz.

"Tell me what?" Olivia was now worried.

Dr Walker decided to go ahead. "Mrs Grant, you can't…."

"Walker?" Fitz interrupted him. "She is my wife, be quiet."

"Somebody should just tell me what's going on." Olivia demanded impatiently.

Fitz knelt down to her wheelchair. "An invasive procedure was used on you to save our baby's life."

"So?" Olivia asked.

"You can't have any more children." Fitz added sorrowfully.

Olivia was quiet for some time before rubbing the back of her neck. "Oh!" She voiced out finally.

"I'm very sorry Mrs Grant. It was the only way out." Dr Walker apologized.

Olivia never thought of having many children before, but seeing her daughter for the first time made her open to the possibilities of more kids with Fitz. Fitz has always been the one talking about many babies with her, but now that she was on board with that idea she couldn't have more kids.

She felt like crying, but the thought of not wanting this particular baby in the first place crossed her mind. She was thinking this could be her punishment for trying to abort her baby earlier on.

She looked at Fitz then Dr Walker and saw the apologetic look on Dr Walker's face. "It is OK." She said to Dr Walker. "Thank you for saving our lives." Olivia struggled to adjust her wheel so she could be closer to her baby.

"Let me." Fitz said, and adjusted her wheel closer to their baby's incubator. "Are you OK?" He asked her.

"I am fine. Well, I will be fine. We can't have two babies, but at least we have one, right?" She looked up at Fitz.

"Right." Fitz answered and kissed her forehead. "There are many technology out there if we want more babies, you know. We can try some of it someday if you want."

"I really don't want to think about that at the moment, Okay!" She said to Fitz.

"Okay." He answered her.

Dr Walker advised Olivia to go back to bed, but she pleaded for more time with her baby. Fitz wanted to stay with her, but he was urgently needed in the White House. He hasn't been in the White House since Olivia got admitted. He knew he had tons of work to do, but he didn't want to leave Olivia alone. Olivia insisted he go take care of his Presidential responsibilities.

XXX

After Fitz left, Dr Walker asked Olivia to go back to bed, but she wouldn't listen. The Gladiators came to visit her and Olivia didn't really pay any attention to them. She just wanted to be left alone with her baby. She told Quinn to run things from now onward, saying she didn't know when she'd be ready to take charge of OPA.

"You are The Olivia Pope. Our clients are not going to listen to me. Let's just close OPA until when you are ready." Quinn suggested to her.

"I must say I am disappointed in you, Quinn. It wasn't long ago that many of our clients wanted nothing to do with us, but you are now thinking about shutting down OPA? After all these years you don't think you can run OPA?" Olivia asked Quinn with her eyes not leaving her baby.

"No, it's not that I can't run it, but…."

"There's no but, you are either up to it or you are not. Which one is it?

"Don't worry Olivia, we are going to take care of business until you're ready." Huck said to Olivia.

"Thank you, Huck. You guys should take it easy on Marcus."

"I am a big boy. I can take care of myself, Olivia." Marcus said to Olivia.

"I'm sure you can. You guys can go now." Olivia dismissed them.

As they were walking away Olivia could hear them talking about her baby. "That baby is just too tiny. Do you think she's going to make it?" Marcus asked Quinn.

Quinn shushed Marcus. "She can hear you."

They disappeared and Dr Walker came back, insisting Olivia be taken to her bed, but Olivia wouldn't listen. Dr Walker had to call the President. Fitz asked him to give the phone to Olivia.

"Livvie, please you need a lot of bed rest."

"I don't want to leave her alone." Olivia said to Fitz.

"She's receiving the best care so far, please go back to bed."

"Can they look for a way to put us in the same room?" Olivia said to Fitz.

Dr Walker entered the conversation. "Mrs Grant, you and the baby requires a different atmosphere at the moment.

"I wasn't talking to you." She said to Dr Walker then continued with Fitz, "Fitz, you are The President. I'm sure something can be done." She whined over the phone.

"Using my Presidency against me much? I'm going to talk to Dr Walker about it, but you have to get back to bed first, please, do you want me to come back?"

"No, it's fine. I will go back to bed now." Olivia gave up.

"Thank you. Love you."

"Love you too."

"I will be there as soon as I'm done with what I'm doing, okay?"

"K."

"K?" Fitz asked her.

"Fine, OK."

XXX

Cyrus went into the Oval and told Fitz the news of them being married and their baby in the intensive care unit was distracting the country about the suicide attacks going on in the world and it made America looked weak. Cyrus suggested Fitz should address the nation about it in order to put the matter to bed.

"Olivia is not ready for the world to know we're married."

Cyrus shook his head. "Mr. President, with all due respect the country comes first before Olivia."

"Cyrus, we can't confirm anything to the world right now, and that is final."

"Mr. President…"

"Enough Cy." Fitz shouted at Cyrus.

Cyrus left the Oval very pissed.

Fitz was certain Cyrus was going to try something. But he was very tired to think about that. He was dozing off when Karen entered the Oval office.

"Is the President of America sleeping on his job?" Karen woke him up.

"I'm very tired, Honey. How are you doing?"

"Good. How is Olivia and the baby?"

Fitz then checked his watch. "Oh shoot, I have to be there by now."

"Dad, you looked very tired, why don't you take a nap first."

"I can't afford to nap Honey. I have to go." He gave Karen a kiss, walking out.

"I'm coming with you." Karen stated than requested.

"No, honey, not today, please."

Karen decided not to fight him on it because of how tired he looked. "OK, fine. But I am not taking no next time."

Fitz smiled at her and shook his head. "Agreed. The women in my life and their strong will." He said, walking away.

XXX

Fitz entered Olivia's room and saw her checking a big bandage around her tummy, which was due to the procedure used on her in order to extract the baby. When Olivia saw Fitz, she covered her tummy quickly, not wanting him to see it."

"Can I see?" Fitz asked her and tried to touch her stomach.

Olivia pushed his hand away. "No." She answered him. "How was work? You look tired, you need some rest." Olivia suggested instead.

"The President of the united State does not rest."

Olivia chuckled and called him in for a kiss. "The President of the United State is only human. How are things at the White House?"

"Can we kiss you some more first? I miss you so much." Fitz pleaded.

"I miss you too."

They kissed for a while before Olivia broke off the kiss. "Can you answer my question now?"

"What was the question again?" He remembered, "Oh, how are things at the White House? Cyrus wants us to tell the world we are married and our baby being in the intensive care unit."

Olivia was quiet for a while. She knew Fitz was dying to let the world know they were now married. "What do you think?" She asked Fitz.

"I told Cyrus you're… we are not ready."

"But do you want to tell the world now?" Olivia asked him.

"This is not about me Olivia. You have a life and job to think about."

"Minus my life and my job to think about, I repeat, do you want us to tell the world now?"

"Yes, but…"

Olivia interrupted him before he could finish. "We tell the world then."

Fitz's face brightened up with happiness. "Are you sure?"

"Yes. I'm done putting us second. Plus, it will be nice beating Cyrus to it first. You know he's already planning something up and we have to..." Olivia couldn't finish because Fitz hugged her immediately.

She cried out in pain due to the hug being too tight. "Gee! Too tight I didn't know you wanted us to tell the world so badly." She teased him.

"Of course I do. We've put others' feelings before ours for a very long time now. Although we both know you are mostly to be blamed for that." He teased her.

Even though Olivia knew Fitz was just teasing her, she felt the pain of his accusation because he was right about her putting them second to everything else. "I know, and never again." She said to Fitz.

They now went in for a deep, passionate kiss, but some seconds later, Dr Walker walked in and interrupted them. He told them their baby needed to under a heart surgery. And just like that heir little celebration was cut short.

Olivia was very nervous and anxious. "But she's too tiny, how is that even possible?" She asked with tears filled eyes already.

"It's possible. Some surgery can even be carry out while the baby is still in the womb." Dr Walker answered her.

Fitz rubbed his palms on his face in frustration. "You promised she was going to be fine." He accused Dr Walker.

"Mr. President, this surgery was expected. It's just a simple minor surgery." Dr Walker told them. "And you have my word she's going to be fine."

NEXT CHAPTER IS ONE OF MY FAVS BECAUSE I DIDN'T STRUGGLE TO WRITE IT. THERE WILL BE A LITTLE TIME JUMP IN IT. DOING SOME FINISHING TOUCHES AT THE MOMENT. IT'LL BE UP BY NEXT WEEK.