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Fitz woke as the sun beamed in from the skylight and the sunlight hit his eyes at just the wrong angle. Though he was used to waking early, he was in a dream he didn't want to wake from. His arm was stretched out away from him, and there was a warm body pressed up against him. He opened his eyes to see the visions in his sleep were not just dreams but his reality. A smile grew across his face as he rubbed circles around Olivia's belly. He wondered if the baby would kick for him, like it did last night.

Fitz watched Olivia as her breath raised her chest up and down. He very rarely had the chance to watch her sleep, so he was relishing in that now. Her fluttered under her eyelids, and her mouth hung slightly open to let the air in and out. Fitz could stay like this forever, if it was up to him he would never move from this position again, but it could prove a little difficult to run the country from a bed in Vermont.

He watched as Olivia's eyes opened to let the new day in. "Good morning," Fitz said before placing his lips on the top of Liv's head. He watched as she rolled over to face him, the only thing now separating them was her pregnant stomach.

"Morning," she said happily. It was easy to be happy in the morning when you were facing the love of your life and the father of your unborn child.

They both didn't say anything else. Fitz just wanted to look at her, and not in the cover of darkness. It had been so long since they were able to be like this, in fact he couldn't even remember the last time they were able to lie so silently without treat of intruders. "Come back with me," Fitz said, he'd been thinking it ever since last night, and now he was saying it.

"Hold that thought," Liv said as she held a finger up and turned back over, and slowly sat up. Fitz looked on confused as Liv walked to the door. He probably should have said something to stop her, but it wasn't as if she could go too far before they had the conversation.

Fitz decided to stand up and make the bed, knowing that Liv would be back sooner or later. He wanted her to come back home with him, even though he still had to go to New York to make a speech. He wanted Liv in the wings like she normally was, though he knew she would not go for that just yet.

"Sorry," Liv said walking back into the room as Fitz threw a pillow into place. "The baby had been pushing up against my bladder," she added, slightly embarrassed though she knew she had no reason to be.

Fitz nodded understanding her spontaneous run out the room. He smiled, if there was ever a reason to be denied an answer, it was this. "It's okay," he replied stepping away from the bed. "So? Come home with me?"

"I don't think that's a good idea, not yet," she answered and Fitz's face dropped.

"Why not?" He asked, extremely curious to know the answer.

"Why not? Because it's two weeks until the election, and if I show up in D.C. with a belly full of Baby Grant, Mellie will never stand by you and you need her to be re-elected. And the fact that you said that she knows about the pregnancy means she won't believe that it's not yours, not that she'd believe it even if it were true. If I stay here, you're free to continue to run how you have been," Olivia tried to explain.

"I don't care," Fitz said. He wanted Olivia. He wanted the Presidency too, but he wanted Liv above that.

"Fitz, staying here wouldn't just be about the election," Olivia added, and his eyebrows furrowed not understanding what she meant.

"What do you mean?" He asked, needing to know the answer.

"I mean, that if I went back I wouldn't be free like I am here, I would have to hide. Yes, mostly from Mellie, but also from the other people who would be able to put two and two together. I would have to stay in my apartment until we were truly in the clear. Here, I can go to the next town over, and no one knows who I am. In D.C. I am Olivia Pope. I'm the President's mistress. Your cliché other family. Your dirty little secret. And I can handle that, I've handled that for years, but I don't want to, not yet, not until I absolutely have to," she explained, and although Fitz understood where she was coming from, he didn't like it. He didn't want to be even a street away from her, let alone a five hundred miles from her.

"Liv-" Fitz tried to begin, but was cut off.

"What's two more weeks, really? It's not that long. You'll be completely busy with the campaign, you won't even notice the time until it over," she tried to coax him. Olivia walked over to the bed, not wanting to stand anymore, and sat at the foot.

Fitz quickly sat by her side. Taking her hand in his, he made circles with his thumb. "Livvie, I don't want to do this if you're not by my side, I can't do this if you're not by my side. I need you. I need you to come home," he said, as he looked directly into her eyes.

"But that's what I'm saying, I won't be able to be by your side. Not physically anyway. Only metaphorically, and I would do just as good a job here, as I would there. My presence would be a problem. If I stay here, it wouldn't be," Olivia explained. She hated that she was always the problem. Whenever there was a potentially scandalous threat to his presidency it was more often than not her, or her doing. She looked forward to a day when that was no longer the case. But she knew that day was either in 2 weeks or four years.

"How many times do I have to say 'I don't care' before you believe me?" Fitz asked as he cupped Liv's cheek with his hand. He never said anything to the contrary, so why did she always have a hard time believing him.

"You might not care, but I do," she said. She completely understood that he didn't care if the world found out about them together, and she never doubted that he would give everything up just so they could be free to be out in the open, it was why they were in Vermont right now.

"Liv, just come back to D.C. with me, please," Fitz pleaded, it wouldn't be the last time he would ask. He would continue to plague her with that request, until either she accepted or until Marine One was ready to take off.

Olivia took Fitz's hand from her cheek and brought it down to her stomach. "I don't even know if I can fly," she was considering going back, though she knew staying was the easier choice. She missed D.C. and now that he knew about the baby there was no real point hiding out here anymore, aside from everything she had already tried to explain.

"It's the safest helicopter in the world, and we would be able to stop whenever you felt you needed to. But I can understand your concern. Do you have a doctor you've been seeing since you left?" Fitz asked.

"Of course I do," Liv said defensively, she wasn't stupid enough to move away from everything and everyone she knew and not have something as important as a new obstetrician sorted out.

"Couldn't you call them to get the all clear?" He guessed he shouldn't push her to come back until she knew for sure that I would actually be safe. But aside from a helicopter there were other ways to get back to D.C. they would just take a little longer, and he wouldn't be able to be with her.

"I could," Liv said, but didn't move. "What time do you have to leave?" She asked, she couldn't imagine that he'd be able to stay too much longer.

Fitz looked down at his watch, and growled in disgust at the time. "Soon," he said unhappily.

"Do you have time for breakfast? Because I am starving," Liv said, standing up from the bed.

…

Olivia watched on as Marine One lifted into the air and flew away into the distance. She still couldn't believe that the last half a day happened. Fitz knew about the baby, and had thrown away his anger about the whole situation and now wanted her to come back to D.C. She still hadn't made up her mind about returning or not but the decision was slowly becoming one sided.

Fitz said he would be back. And whatever she decided, he would respect that. Sure they didn't make the decision together, but they did discuss it. She heard his side, and he heard hers, and he knew that in this situation that was all he could ask of her.

Liv knew she should call her obstetrician, there was no point even trying to come to a conclusion, if it turned out that flying wasn't an option, but before she made that call there was someone else she wanted to call.

"Liv?" Abby answered. "Anything new?"

"He found out," Liv said.

"He won't find," Abby replied, obviously not hearing what Olivia said clearly. "He's in New York, and he has no idea. The plan is working, you have nothing to worry about. Don't stress, just take the next two weeks and prepare for when he does find out," she continued.

"No, Abby, he found out. He knows," she explained.

"What?" Abby asked dumbfounded. "I swear Liv, I didn't tell him where you are. I don't even know where you are. And I certainly didn't tell him you're still pregnant," she added, speaking faster than she thought possible, but Liv had to know, she had to know that she wasn't responsible for this. "How'd he find out?"

"He found me," Liv answered.

"You're in New York?" Abby asked, of all the places she thought Olivia Pope would end up, she didn't even consider the city that was an hour flight away, she expected a small town in the middle of nowhere, where no one would recognise her.

"No, but then neither was he, and before you freak out, he's there now, or really on his way there now," Liv said.

"I knew we shouldn't have let him go last night, but he wasn't going to take no for answer, I tried to stop him, Liv, I really tried," Abby hoped her friend would understand, she felt as if she was responsible for anything that could have happened.

"It's not your fault. And it's for the best that he find out now anyway," Liv replied.

"What's going to happen?"

"He wants me to come back, but I don't know if I should or not," Liv answered.

"Well I want you back. And if you did, we'll make it work, we'll come up with a new plan, something that will work for everybody. But it doesn't matter what I want, and it doesn't really matter what he wants. What do you want?"

"I want what I've always wanted. I want him to win the election, without being hindered by me. I want things to be easier and less complicated. But then again, I want to come home. I don't want to be alone anymore. I want a lot of things. But we don't always get what we want," Liv said. She had been trying to get that point into Fitz's mind for a very long time, but it hadn't ever stuck.

Liv hoped that talking to her friend and best confidant would give her some answers, but it just gave her more questions. It was a balancing act. Neither option was optimal, and there were downsides to each choice. The easiest option wasn't always the best option, and staying in Vermont was definitely the easiest choice.

…

Fitz wasn't gone for long, he strategically spent as little of time in New York as was possible. He gave his speech, shook a few hands, had a dozen photo ops and then was back on the copter. All had fit together seamlessly. He'd called Cyrus to tell him that he had a few meetings he needed to take while there, and Cyrus brought the lies easily, not even beginning to guess the reality of the situation.

He walked across the yard to the house, still not truly believing how different things were when he last made this walk. Marine One stayed in place, Fitz knew he couldn't be there long. His plan could keep Cyrus off for only a short while. He needed Liv's answer. If she was staying or if she was coming with him.

He found Liv on the sofa watching the flightless helicopter. "Did you make a choice?" He asked, only hoping that she had and that she had come to the right decision.

"I have."

Will Liv stay or will she go?

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