A/N: Oh summer television show hiatus. I'm actually liking it this time around for Scandal though. I need a break from Olivia because she makes my head hurt when it comes to her love life and Rowan. I said I was going to wait a few episodes in to see if I would continue watching just so I don't have to unnecessarily put up with the creepy faces of Fitz but they know how to keep me coming back...they let Maya "Who Gone Check Me Boo" Pope out of jail (I know she never changed her last name but it just goes so well with the show). Now I'm torn, but I do believe my love for Mama Pope character outways my hate of Fitz character, and that's saying a mouthful and some. But we'll see. Is it bad that I want Mama Pope and Olivia to reconcile? I mean it feels a little like I'm routing for a child to go back to an abusive home, but then I'm like well their relationship seems like it was good before Rowan snatched her up. But then I'm like she was going to leave Olivia though, and then I'm thinking maybe she thought it was the best thing for her maybe Liv was a surprise and she never intended to pull her child into that underground world or maybe she was going to come back for her. And it's weird because it's like she never got out of mom mode, she's is doing all this crazy terrorist stuff but she is always willing to learn a listening ear to Olivia or get her together. And she slips back and forth between the two so easily, which is how I know she is legit crazy lol. I just can't with those two though, I'm so torn. And when Joe Morton turned on Papa Pope on the Charleston, SC flag story. Was I the only one who immediately took a seat and was like Olivia better sit down somewhere before we all get in trouble? lol Anyways here's the next chapter. I think it mostly turned out to be smut, which wasn't my intention but meh...what can you do? Sorry if its a little disjointed around the end. I wasn't feeling well and was still trying to do something I considered semiproductive (something that's not really productive but that I wanted to get done anyways). So hope you enjoy. Oh and this is that chapter that's going to change it to M rating.
She opened the door to her apartment and pushed the baby jogger as she followed behind it still slightly out of breath from her morning jog that hadn't happened in months. She smiled as she looked into the jogger that Jake had brought mainly for her and saw that Adeline was asleep. He had brought it after she had voiced out loud to herself while he was in the nearby vicinity that she was going to get back into a regular workout routine, with some added variations such as yoga, which she had discovered the benefits of during her pregnancy. And truth be told she was a little excited about becoming a yogi after seeing all the different poses that the people in the advanced classes were doing. She, at first, thought they would be easy but after trying a few she realized the work that went into finding that balance, concentration and triggering those small muscles in synchronization with each other, those muscles that we often forget that we have. Today wasn't a yoga day, but it was a running day, her first outside running day since she found out that she was pregnant, and she was beat, but she still needed to get showered, get dressed and get their things together to head to her office.
She sighed, the smile remaining on her face as she carefully lifted the baby out of the carrier. She was starting to feel like herself again, which she was happy about. She had been feeling a little down since giving birth. She was ecstatic to be a mom and loved her baby more than anything she could have ever imagined, but it was hard. Mainly for her it was due to the fact that her whole life was thrown off balance. She was a control freak to put it mildly, she had come to terms with that when she was in college and she was also highly efficient and independent and able to easily adjust, for the most part, to things that were thrown at her throughout the day, or night for that matter. Now, not so much.
One of the reasons for the recent upswing in her mood was because she felt like she was finally starting to find her footing on this Mommy merged with the formidable Olivia Pope mountain that she was climbing. But she was still trying to come to terms with the fact that she was now more dependent on other people, mainly because she couldn't just go off on a whim or change plans midstride because she had someone depending on her, like literally, life or death depending on her, not the normal dependency that she got from the adults in her life. She couldn't just drop everything and go to investigate and or interrogate a possibly dangerous or just an asshole of a person because she couldn't drag her baby into it. So she had to find someone who was available to look after Adeline when Jake wasn't available. And even when he didn't already have her she had to wait for him to finish tying up some loose ends to whatever he was in the midst of before he could meet up with her to take The baby. Which lead to her current dilemma, finding a nanny, au pair, or whatever the hell she was looking for. This would probably be easier if she didn't have such high demands that came with the job. For instance, she wanted someone who would be able to make her daughter available to her throughout the day not just sit at home and take care of her. She wanted the baby to be at the office with her but she also needed to be able to work when she had too, so she wanted someone that could stay with her for the most part and tend to the baby when she couldn't, which was hard because that meant she needed someone who she could be sure could take and keep a vow of silence about the things she might see or overhear while at her office or anywhere else for that matter, yeah this was going to be a task.
She laid the child down in the crib and stripped her of our thick outer layer, careful not to wake her. She then proceeded to strip herself of her jacket, dropping it on the table in the hallway, leading to her bathroom. She then slipped her tennis off followed by her socks, leaving a small trail of clothing behind her. Thankfully, she had also hired a maid that came twice a week and she was due to come by later that day. It was easy keeping an apartment clean when it was just her and she was rarely there and never cooked there or actually lived there for that matter. The most she had to worry about when it was just her was remembering where she put the remote, cleaning her wine glasses, throwing away popcorn bags and takeout containers and dropping off and picking up the dry cleaning. She was still pretty good about cleaning, but she liked to have her apartment a little bit cleaner than they were able to keep it themselves. If she was honest though, Adeline was pushing her a little bit out of her control freak and neat freak zone, she had to start becoming more lax in some places unless she would become too stressed and probably would have spiraled down even further into her depression. A depression which she had learned was normal for a lot of first time moms and that occurred for a lot of reasons one of them being her reason. A highly function individual suddenly feeling like a bumbling idiot, but thankfully she wasn't feeling like that anymore.
She opened the bathroom door to find that it was already full of steam and that water was running from the shower. Her brows furrowed in disapproval.
"Jake?" she called out to which she got a questioning, "Yeah?"
Her shoulders sunk as stepped in front of the shower glass. She had thought he was gone. "Why are you in the shower?"
"Is that a real question?" he asked after a thoughtful pause.
She rolled her eyes, "Why are you in my shower?"
He didn't respond at first but she came face to face with him when he passed his hand over the inside of the glass, clearing the fog away. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize I had a designated shower to use," he said in a sarcastic tone.
He didn't have a designated shower to use. It's just that this shower was in the main bathroom the one off of her bedroom and it had the good showerhead and she had been looking forward to using it and she was going to be late if she waited for him to finish.
"Hurry up," she said turning to the mirror to pull the ponytail holder from her hair. "I'm going to be late."
"I just got in here," he told her. "Go use the other shower."
"You go use the other shower," she retorted, becoming slightly annoyed with him, but not really. She honestly just for some reason felt like picking with him. She hadn't intended to when she walked in there and found him using up all the hot water, but she was in somewhat of a playful mood, but on the other hand she really wanted him out of the shower so she could get in it.
"That's going to be a while, I'm really dirty," he said teasingly and she turned around to answer him back but saw his face was back in the clearing that he had made with his eyebrow raised, which caused her to start laughing.
"I really, really want to punch you sometimes, you know that," she said pulling her shirt off and preparing to go use another one of the bathrooms. She really was going to be late. "I should come in there and kick your ass out of there," she mumbled to herself, but he heard her, and let out a haughty, genuinely amused laugh.
It's not that he didn't think she would do it, he was just amused by the fact that the woman would allow herself to invade his intimately nude personal space as allow him to invade hers after not showing much sexual interest in him for the past three months or so. Sure they had been sharing a bed for months, and they often cuddled, but they had not had sex since the child was born. Not that he was complaining, out loud, after all when the going got tough enough, he had options. Olivia had made it clear to him that they were not in a relationship and that she was still leaving her options open and he had left it at that, so now they were in this weird limbo thing but not really, which he had been trying to avoid. How this would work itself out was yet to be seen, but they were good for now. They had been cohabitating peacefully for the last few months, and it almost made him regret shelling out the extra money for the rent on his apartment, though he did go there sometimes and he had managed to set up a nursery for Adeline. It wasn't anywhere nearly as extravagant as what Olivia had set up but it was a completely functional nursery and he was proud of it, since he had did it himself.
She stared at the shower stall for a few seconds having an internal discussion. She stripped out of the rest of her clothes before pulling the shower door open revealing a surprised Jake who had flinched away from her as if she was holding a gun to him, his mouth slightly open. His eyes traveled up and down her body a couple of times before settling on her face again, waiting for her to make her next move. He honestly didn't know if she was about to join him or push him out so she could have it for herself.
She smiled, satisfied with herself as she had surprised him and proven herself that she would actually invade his shower time. He watched silently as she stepped in under the stream of water, raising her hand as she let the water flow through her hair, and it started to curl even more than when the steam had hit it. She closed her eyes purposefully ignoring and enticing him. She smiled inwardly as she continued to let the hot stream of water beat against her strained muscles. She hummed appreciatively almost forgetting her original mission. Well it wasn't her original mission, but she had just discovered that her sex drive was back full force. The smile returned to her face as she felt his hand at her side, soon followed by the rest of him as he tried to pull her closer. She giggled when he turned her around and pulled her body against his.
"I thought you wanted me to go get my own shower," she told him.
"Pretty sure I didn't say that," he smiled before pressing his lips to hers.
This kiss stared out pretty fervent but grew even more intense as their hands started to explore each other's bodies with the eagerness of new lovers. She moaned loudly as his mouth slipped from hers to the pulse point on her neck and his fingers simultaneously slipped between her legs, instantly finding the bundle of nerves he had been searching for.
A guttural noise escaped him as he sucked at her skin, tasting the salty mist of sweat that had covered her during her cold morning run and the sweet taste that was naturally her, mixed with the water droplets that covered her skin just seemed to make it easier to drink her in. He had no idea where this had come from and couldn't even pin point what had happened in the last five minutes to lead them here, but he didn't care as he could barely process anything more than the way her body felt against his and his desire to feel even more of her. She made it abundantly clear that she was feeling the same when her hand slipped between them and she began stroking his member. She smiled and moaned again as she remembered just how pleasurable this was going to be.
Jake being the ever conscious lover knew that shower sex wasn't the best type of sex for him and Olivia as it could be very physically demanding depending on the mood they were in. And he could tell that this was going to be one of those sessions. So he had to figure this out without one or both of them falling and hurting themselves in this slippery environment.
Suddenly she found herself being turned around and pushed forward gently, his hands guiding hers to the clear glass on the front of the shower. She then felt his large calloused hands ghosting gently down her body, setting her skin on fire as he seemed to be setting off all of her nerve endings with his feathery touch. She whimpered and grounded her backside against him, letting him know that she was ready and growing impatient. He got the message.
She gasped as she felt him penetrating her from behind. He could feel her muscles stretching to accommodate him as he continued to push inside of her, earning a grunt from him as he seated himself almost fully inside of her. He looked up into her eyes as she turned her head to look at him, her mouth slightly open and her eyes full of lust as her breaths came steady and heavy. She was a sight to behold, and he felt his member twitch inside of her, his hands grasping her hips and his snapping forward involuntarily to push the last of himself into her earning a scream from her.
"Jake," she said shakily, the words "fuck me" were about to slip from her lips but he seemed to get his wits about him as he withdrew himself from her suddenly and almost completely before pushing back into her causing her to bite her lip and let out a loud moan. She had forgotten that he wasn't one that needed to be directed and redirected constantly.
"Fuck Liv," he side as he felt her insides tremble against him. He withdrew from her again, picking up a rhythm of long, powerful strokes that had her moaning uncontrollably and throwing her hips back at him as if challenging him to make her orgasm come quicker than it was already going to. What finally did it for her was when she whipped her head back around and caught sight of them in the mirror. Now she would deny it for the most part if someone was to ever ask, one of the main reasons because she wanted to avoid the subject of making a sex tape since she knew first hand from her clients that that could go wrong so many ways, but she enjoyed watching herself and her lover during the sexual act, particularly Jake, as they often found themselves in some of the more erotic poses, and even when they weren't it was just something about the intensity that they shared that turned her on even more.
"Oh God," she moaned as she clawed as the smooth surface of the glass finding no purchase. She felt her pelvic muscles go into convulsions as her legs grew slack, her forehead resting on the glass as she rode out her orgasm.
He watched through the mirror as she orgasmed, a whimper escaping her as he withdrew completely from her. He was almost there, but he could find a better way to get there as their height difference and the slickness of her skin was not giving him the best angle and grip. As she was still recovering from her first orgasm, she felt herself being turned and lifted again. Her back came into to contact with the cold stone wall as she instinctively wrapped her legs around him. Her mouth formed a silent 'O' as she felt him pressing into her again, instantly picking up a rhythm and driving into her repetitively. Not willing to be a passive lover and feeling her second orgasm building from her increased sensitivity due to her first one, she reached up and behind her, her fingertips finding enough space on the designed indentation to give her enough leverage to pull herself up slightly and drop back down onto him. She smiled to herself when he bit the spot on her neck where he had been kissing and let out a small grunt. She was going to bring him with her this time. It only took a few minutes before she had to let go of the ledge and hold onto him as her second orgasm overcame her. His arms wrapped fully around her wet body, making sure that he didn't drop her as he thrusted into her one last time, spilling inside of her. They stayed there for a minute, her arms and legs still wrapped around him, one of his arms bracing him against the wall as he held onto her with the other hand, both of them trying to catch their breaths.
"Well that escalated rather quickly," he said, causing her to laugh, which brought a smile to his face. He loved to see her happy. He tangled his hand in her wet curls before pressing his lips to hers again.
They stayed there a little while longer, their kissing growing to nips and pecks before picking up again until they were interrupted by the crying coming from the monitor she had brought in the bathroom with her.
"I'll get her," he said after stepping away from her, allowing her to place her feet back on the ground. "You should hurry you're gonna be late for work," he added before stepping out of the shower. She smiled, she was already late, but it was well worth it.
"Aww Adeline," Olivia said putting the pen behind her as the baby cried, "you can't have that."
The infant only responded by pouting, her bottom lip jutting out causing her mother to laugh as she realized her daughter was getting the hang of facial expressions.
"Are you upset with me?" Olivia asked, but she was already over it. The baby had already set her sights on the toy next to her that was in her reach, a stuffed giraffe. She managed to slide it right under her mouth and immediately began drooling on it.
She let her continue to entertain herself while she worked over the statement she had written out for her client. A few minutes later she heard a knock at the door. Knowing Abbie was coming over for dinner, she picked Adeline up off of the blanket and went to let her in. The two women then made their way into the kitchen, the red head now holding the baby.
Olivia was going to cook dinner and in exchange for free food, Abbie was going to be one of her guinea pigs, Jake being the other.
"Oh sweetie," Abbie said as she sat down at the island bar as Olivia began gathering her ingredients, "you are getting bigger and cuter every day, and I didn't even think that was possible."
The baby only chewed on her fists as she let the woman begin to coo over her.
"Have you ever cooked this before?" Olivia asked drawing Abbie's attention to her. She just stared back at her friend.
Abbie could cook, but she was no Julia Child. "Give me your Ipad," she said reaching her free hand towards the woman. "I'll pull up the recipe."
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It wasn't until Olivia was putting the top layer of cheese on the dish that they heard Jake coming through the front door. She popped the dish in the oven right as he entered the kitchen.
"Hi," she greeted with a smile as she began cleaning up the mess she had made.
"Hi," he responded, a little absentmindedly. "Hey Abbie. How's it going?"
"Hey," she responded. "Hope you don't mind me freeloading on you guys' food and your cute baby," she said snuggling the little girl, who was no longer paying attention to her as her eyes remained on the man who had just walked through the door.
Jake finally made eye contact with his daughter who instantly gave him a toothless grin. A smile instantly came to his face and he seemed a little less distracted as he walked over to take the child away from the red head. The baby only cooed at him as he smiled down at her, wiping a string of drool from her chin.
"Traitor," Abbie said as she released the baby to him. She then excused herself to go to the restroom.
"You okay?" Olivia asked him as she saw that he seemed to have something on his mind.
"Yeah," he said coming to stand on the opposite side of the counter from her. "Funny thing happened today though. Has Adeline been around Fitz lately, or at all?"
She continued to look down at the pot she was rinsing out, refusing to look up at him. She didn't respond, her expression becoming impassive. He continued looking at her, knowing he would get his answer one way or another. After a few more seconds passed without her saying anything, he knew what that answer was.
"Who told you that?" she finally answered still staring down at the dish in the sink. She knew she was busted. She should have just told him the day it happened, but she hadn't. She didn't know why she hadn't. Maybe it was because she felt guilty about it happening the way it had.
"Oh, yeah," he started again. "I went to the white house today. I saw Cyrus. He said to call him when Addie gets a little older. He wants to set up a play date." With that he walked out of the kitchen.
A/N: yep that was disjointed and rushed and not complete. But seriously who gets a cold in the summer time. That is a close to being an oxymoron as something can get without actually being one. And I never get summer colds but apparently my body decided to try new things this year, sigh. Now if I can just sleep. Also, Anybody still reading this? Let me know, leave a review. If not updates will continue to be scarce.