A/N: I apologize for the confusion with the ending of last chapter. The special viewer was actually, Liv. Let's pretend that she went to the kitchen for some water during the course of the night. Hope that clears things up. However, there's still a creep out there that sent her flowers. Enjoy the update!

The past two weeks the Grants were busy going about their daily lives. Iya had gotten 2nd in a class held Spelling Bee competition. She was so devastated by the fact, she'd gotten one word wrong, resulted in her coming in second to Jessica Pearson. Nevertheless, her parents were very proud of her. And to show their support, they placed her little trophy in the achievement cabinet that they kept for her and her brother. It was joined with a few other trophies, certificate of achievements both academically and sports. But at the end of the day they wouldn't have loved her any less if she'd placed last.

During the two weeks that had passed, Tommy was bouncing off the wall with excitement; as time for his school's field trip grew closer and closer. It's not as if he hadn't visited the zoo before, but something about going with his classmates, excited him beyond belief. Every day he would mark the day off on the calendar his mother allowed him to use in her home office, counting down the days to his field trip.

In the two weeks' time frame, Fitz's album was completed but wasn't officially dropped. That all would end in the upcoming weekend. Fitz had a feeling that his new album was his best one yet. He was already being pestered into doing a tour, by his long standing manager and friend, Sean. After all these years the two still worked together despite living on opposite coasts.

Ever since the incident with the flowers, Olivia was relieved that it hadn't happened again. Every time she went to work, she always looked around in every direction, checking for suspicious activities or people. But as the weeks rolled by and nothing showed to be weird, she felt a great sense of relief. Fitz had already warned her, that if it should happen again, he would be hiring a bodyguard for her. Which she finds absurd since he hardly uses one, being a celebrity and all. But she understood where he's coming from.

Also, things were going great for Samantha and her new boo and she couldn't be more than happy for her. If things continued to go well, she'd told her that she and Fitz would love to take them out to dinner, sometime in the future – in which Samantha was ecstatic about.

The day had finally came for Thomas' field trip. That morning Olivia got him up, helped him shower and got him dressed. Since they were going out into the fields they weren't required to wear their full school uniforms. Instead she dressed him in his school's polo shirt and a pair of dark denim jeans. The weather was growing cold as it got deeper into fall. She ensured that he was wearing a warm jacket and boots. She even grabbed a beanie in case his head got cold.

Olivia was dressed in black skinny jeans that were feeling a little too snug. She had on a lightweight blush pink cable sweater and brown 3 inches heeled boots. Her hair was straightened and up in a high ponytail. Her look was effortlessly chic and comfortable. She needed that comfort when dealing with the kids on the field trip. It would be her, Ms. Kelly and two other parents in charge of twenty children.

"I'm so excited" Tommy tells his mother as they made their way downstairs. His sister and father were already sitting at the breakfast table drinking orange juice.

"I'm glad you are" she tells him smiling. He was such a sweet boy. Follows instructions without problems unlike his sister. With Iya it's a little more difficult to get her to do things. They both have such unique personalities, where he is shy and reserved, Iya commands attention wherever she goes. They were perfect mixture of their parents and they loved them both equally.

"Good morning, champ!" Fitz greets his son as he makes his way into the kitchen.

"Good morning dad" he returns. "Iya" he acknowledges his sister simply.

"Tommy" she replies evenly, as she picks up her toast to bite in.

The siblings had an understanding with each other. They know thay they love each other like crazy but they try to be cool about it. Some nights they would even sleep in each other's room for the sake of it.

"Good morning" Olivia smiled brightly, as she finally made her way to the breakfast nook. She had stopped along the way, to use the downstairs bathroom next to the stairs.

"Good morning, sweetheart" her husband gives her a sweet smile while stabbing his eggs with his fork.

"Morning, mom" Iya said mid chew.

"Oh my goodness! Iya, what's going on with your hair?" Olivia asked in horror, after getting a good look at her daughter's head. She was dressed neatly in her uniform but her hair was all over the place. There were a few things on her head that looked like braids and then they were some hair ties holding some of them together. It was a hot mess.

"Fitz you said you had it" Olivia turned her attention to her husband, only to have him give a sheepish look.

"I haven't combed her hair in so long. It's too thick and long for me to control now" he offered as an explanation, for his dreadful hairdressing skills. Olivia trusted him to do the task, because when she was younger he was able to get it in a high puff or he was able to do braided pig tails. She couldn't fault him, some days she didn't think she could handle it either. When she wasn't going to school, Olivia mostly had her wearing Wash and Go's or Braid Outs.

"I told you, Dad, that Mom won't like it."

"Of course I won't like it. Did you see your hair?" Olivia's face was aghast. She turned to her son and said, "Tommy go eat your breakfast I'll be right back." She left the room and went to her daughter's bathroom. She grabbed a huge hair tie, bobby pins, some pomade, hair moisturizer, a detangling comb and her very trustee hairbrush.

Returning to the room, she made her way behind her daughter, to begin the arduous task of undoing these so called braids her father had given her.

"You need to stick to your and Tommy's hair, Hon" Olivia teased Fitz, as she'd gotten most of the braids undid.

"I was only trying to help and she asked for braids" he defended.

"Ouch" Iya cried out in pain, when the tooth of the comb came into contact with a knot.

"It's ok" her mother tried to comfort her. Olivia sprayed a concoction of water and deep conditioner on to her hair, to help detangle the knots. "Sit still, Iya!" she chastised her, for moving each time she passed the comb through her curly ringlets.

Olivia continued to work on her hair as the rest of them indulged in their breakfast.

"Tommy, what are you going to bring back for me from the zoo?" Iya asked.

"I don't have money" he tells her with a piece of toast in his mouth.

"Ask dad" she whisper shouts at him. "He has plenty" she continued.

Fitz acrches an eyebrow at his two children. Didn't they think he could've heard their scheming? He thought to himself.

"Ok, I will do that" Tommy whisper shouts back at her.

Olivia smiled and shook her head from side to side at the scene in front of her. She returned her attention to the task at hand. She applied some of the pomade to Iya's edges before smoothing it over with the brush. Once they were slicked down, she uses both hands to pull her hair up, into a high one. After that she twisted the ends of her hair and tucks it into a bun, securing it with some bobby pins.

"You're finished" she announced to her.

"Thank you, mom" Iya was happy that it was finally over.

Olivia walks around the table to claim her seat at the opposite end of Fitz.

"Aren't you going to eat that?" Fitz asked, as he watches her nose turn up in disgust at the eggs he'd prepared. He made it just the way she liked, scrambled with onions and peppers.

"No. I think I'll just eat a piece of toast and drink some orange juice" she replied.

"Liv, that's the third time for the week that you've eaten that for breakfast. You need protein too. Are you ok?" His face marred with worry.

"I'm fine, something about the eggs smells awful" she pauses before continuing, "but to relieve your anxious heart, I will say that I am in good health, Sir. At least that's what my doctor said yesterday, when I visited her for my annual checkup. So you're stuck with me for a long time" Olivia added the last part teasingly.

"Oh just checking that you aren't –"Fitz raised his eyebrows to indicate his unspoken message.

Olivia narrowed her eyes at him, confused. It took her a few seconds to get what he was implying. Then she said, "oh God no. Remember my friend visited last week" she reminded him, speaking in code.

"Aunty Abby visited?" How come I didn't see her?" Iya asked.

Oh boy, Olivia thought. She and Fitz could never have a civil conversation without inquisitive inputs from their kids.

"That's because she didn't. Not that friend anyways." Olivia said ending the discussion. She looked at her watched and see that it's almost time for them to leave. "Ok you two, go brush your teeth and meet us in the foyer."

Iya got up first but before leaving the room she said, "Mom, can we go see Aunty Abby, Uncle Stephen and baby Brooklyn?"

"That's not a bad idea." Olivia said. They would normally see Abby and family once a year. She and Stephen were still living out in Seattle. Almost two years ago, Abby had finally gotten pregnant. It had taken her and Stephen a long time to conceive. Countless amount of fertility treatments later, and they were finally able to meet Brooklyn Rose Finch. Of course, they'd asked Fitz and Liv to be her godparents, which they wholeheartedly accept.

"We can see if we can meet them during Christmas break from school. No guarantees, ok?" Olivia said, she didn't like making promises, with the schedule between her and Fitz, things often times got rearranged, postponed or cancelled.

"Got it" Iya said, before leaving the room. Tommy hot on her trail.

When Olivia and Fitz were finally alone he resumed their conversation.

"Are you sure about what I asked you? I mean you looked –"he allowed himself to trail off. He didn't want to tell his wife she looked fat because she didn't. But for the past few weeks he couldn't help but to see, small physical changes with her body. Her breasts were fuller and she was always complaining about them feeling sensitive as of late. Plus her incredible sexual drive, which wasn't much of a change. Granted, that both of them have a very healthy and active sex life. Plus there was her choice in food and if memory served him right, she never liked eggs during her pregnancies.

"Are you trying to call me fat?" Olivia snapped at him.

"Oh no. That's not what I meant at all" he replied quickly, his tone got defensive. Then there was her constant mood changes that he will never mention. He'd learned his lesson the last two times. "I'm sorry that I even said anything. Don't mind me" his tone was softer to appease her mood.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to snap. Sometimes I feel that I am -" she paused, not daring to mention the word pregnant. Afraid that once she'd said it, that it will somehow come true. She continued, "But I know I'm not since I got my period last week and I'm on the pills."

"Ok" was all Fitz said, as he gives her a small nod. He got up from the table and cleared away the dishes from it.

Once he was finished, both him and Olivia made their way to the foyer at the same time the kids were rushing in. They always moved like they were late for work.

Fitz had decided to take them all to school, his very important meeting was only a few blocks from them, and he had plenty of time to get there. It was scheduled for noon and he was dropping them off at nine. Plus he wasn't going to the studio that day.

They all jumped into the black Audi SUV and got themselves comfortable. For the past few months, Tommy was always extra happy whenever he'd ride in the car. He's finally able to sit without a booster seat. Olivia sits in the passenger side, buckling up, as Fitz turns the keys in the ignition.

"All aboard?" he calls out loudly.

"Aye aye captain" the kids replied. Olivia smiles, because it was such a silly but cute thing that they do. It was their thing whenever he would have them altogether.

"This is Captain Fitzgerald reporting for duty. I want you to remain buckled up at all times, as we take this machine on the road. Can you do that for me?"

"Aye aye captain" they answered with giggles.

"Madam assistant captain, are you ready?" He asked his wife.

"Yes" she answered simply with a goofy smile.

"That's not the right answer. What should she say kids?"

"Aye aye captain" they yelled in unison.

Olivia laughed before conceding to their rules, "aye aye captain" her voice was low.

"I can't hear you!" Fitz teased.

"Aye aye captain!" She repeated louder.

By then they were all laughing as the car moved through traffic.

Life with The Grants were always fun and entertaining.

By 10:30 the school bus had arrived at the Central Park Zoo, huddled with kids, teacher and volunteers. They were divided into groups of five. Tommy being in his mother group along with his friend Ariel and three others.

By the time they were unloaded they were greeted by their tour guide, Adam. Adam went over various rules and guidelines that must be followed when they ventured into the animal exhibitions. He stresses the need for the kids to be supervised at all times.

Once he was finished talking, he passed out little paper hats with the zoo logos to the kids. They were excited to receive the free gifts, they could take it home as souvenirs. Adam and his assistant also passed out little bags with brochures and pens to the adults.

Once rules and guidelines were established the very large group was off. Their first exhibit being the Garden and Sea Lion pool. The kids were oohing and awing as the sea lions displayed their acrobatic skills.

Adam told the kids that their names are April, Clarissa and Scooter.

Olivia watched mesmerized, as the sea lions displayed their talents. She listened to the kids call out their names in no particular order.

It went something like this, "look here Clarissa" or "go Scooter" and "you're so pretty April" it all made Olivia laugh.

Olivia didn't know how they could've told the difference between the three. They all looked the same to her.

She took out her smallest, SLR Nikon camera that she owns. Still being a nature photographer enthusiasts, she couldn't pass up the opportunity to snap pictures of animals.

So far the kids were on their best behaviors. Walking in pairs, holding hands.

From the Sea Lion exhibition they made their way to the Allison Maher Stern Snow Leopard Exhibit.

Like before, Adam, talked about the exhibit with the children and answered all their questions.

"What if the leopard comes out and eats us?" one of the kids asked.

"Jordan that won't happen" Ms. Kelly spoke up to dissuade his line of questioning. Being aware of Jordan's bullying behavior, she made it her duty to keep an extra eye on him.

"How do you know that? You're just a teacher." Jordan spoke back his tone none too kindly.

Okaaaayyy, was all Olivia could think. Was he the little boy giving trouble to Ariel? She mentally questioned, remembering an incident Tommy had with a boy named Jordan a while back.

"Ms. Kelly is right, Jordan" Adam came to her rescue.

His googly eyed look didn't go unnoticed by Olivia.

During the discussion with Jordan, one of the leopards decided to roar. A deep, out of the belly type of roar. It startled everyone especially the kids. Most of them broke into tears at the terrifying sound.

"Mommy, mommy" Tommy cried clutching onto his mother's legs.

Olivia looked around to see all five of the children in her group crying. She couldn't console Tommy and leave the rest. So instead she crouched down and huddled them together, as much as she can and tried to comfort them.

"Shhhh shhhh shhh" she says, trying to get them to stop. "The leopard was only talking" she tells them.

"He scarewee" Ariel says between sobs.

"I know but he's not going to hurt you. Ok? You're all safe" she gives them a squeeze.

Olivia looked up to see some of the kids had stopped crying in the other groups. Jordan apparently was the only one with a dry face. He had a smug smile as he said, "bunch of babies."

Olivia watched as Ms. Kelly took him to the side and talked to him. Olivia was glad she wasn't a teacher, by now she would've already wrung his neck off. She shudders at the thought.

She finally got up to her full height, after the kids had stopped crying. Not long after, she felt someone tugging on her right jeans cladded leg, she looked down to see Ariel looking up at her with big brown eyes.

"Hey" Olivia greets her with a smile.

"I have to go pee pee" she tells her.

"Sure, just give me a minute to talk to Ms. Kelly." Olivia could see why her son was taken with Ariel, she had such a gentle soul and you couldn't help but want to protect her. From the time she'd been around her, she hardly heard her talking.

Olivia tells Ms. Kelly that one of the students needed a bathroom break. She in turns asked aloud, who else needed bathroom breaks and a bunch of their hands were raised.

They were only in the zoo for about an hour and their little bladders were ready to go again. Adam led them to the nearest restrooms that was around the turn. They had the kids make two lines as they went in one by one.

Once they'd all finished their business and hands were washed, they decided it was time for lunch.

One of the good things about the private school was, they didn't require any money for field trips. All expenses were covered. With the tuition being so expensive per school year, it was a reasonable compromise.

They all were seated at four huge picnic styled tables. To make things easier, they had two of the servers taking the orders and placing it for them, rather than going through the long line, like the other patrons.

Olivia didn't want to know how much the school had paid, to receive such VIP treatments but she was happy for it, nonetheless.

When the kids had finished eaten, the adults got up and cleared their mess. Olivia was walking to the garbage cans that were placed a little ways from their table, when she was greeted by Kelly. Her hands were full of paper plates and cups.

Olivia threw away her two cups in the recycling bin before helping Kelly. "I got it" Olivia said, taking majority of the waste from her.

"Thank you, Mrs. Grant" Kelly's peppy tone replied.

"No problem" Olivia give her a small smile. Olivia didn't mind her most times, because she's clearly a great teacher and love kids. However, Olivia didn't like her fangirling over her husband. She didn't care that he's a musician and celebrity, she just didn't like women fawning over him. Period!

As they scraped the foods off of the plates in to the bin, Kelly decided to make small talks.

"Do you know if III Legend is going to have a concert for his new album?"

Ok she's back to not liking her. Which part of him being Mr. Grant, father of Tommy she couldn't respect? In Olivia's eyes she thinks that she only sees him as III Legend the bachelor. "Umm. Kelly, if he does ,you're going to know at the same time the general public does" Olivia said evenly.

"Uh…yea...of course…" Kelly stuttered embarrassingly.

After that, silence won over while they finished separating their trash. Olivia understood being Eco friendly but the zoo was asking a lot from the visitors. They're asked to throw their uneaten food in one bin and the utensils in another, choosing between plastic and aluminum too. Well, it's not that hard to, do but doing it for yourself and twenty kids is a mountainous task.

From lunch, the kids went into the birds' house and they were all mesmerized by the large quantity that the zoo housed. They were, red, blue, green, white, yellow and multicolored birds everywhere.

The wild chirping excited the kids and they mimicked the sounds with great enthusiasm.

Their last stop was at the zoo's theater where they watched the Rio movie in 4D. It was an entirely different experience. Olivia had to admit how impressive she found it. This was her first time viewing a 4D movie. The animation for the film was incredible and it came to life around them. The kids were beyond themselves with excitement.

The field trip came to an end, the kids were all accounted for and were seated on the school bus. Adam shared some imparting words of wisdom with them. Advising them to take care of the earth and always to follow their dreams and passions like he did. Once he was finished, Ms. Kelly urged the children to say "thank you."

"Thank you. Mr. Adam!" they all sing songed, loudly.

"You're welcome and be good to Ms. Kelly" he tells them before hopping off the bus. Olivia could see him passing his business card to a blushing Kelly.

After a while, she saw her hopped onto the bus and took her seat at the front. Their driver starts the bus and off they went.

The short drive to the school had some of the kids drowsy. By the time they'd reached, some were full out sleeping, Tommy included.

Olivia nudged him and whispers in his ears, "wake up baby" she watched as he growled in his sleep at her disturbance. He looked just like his father, in moments like these. If it wasn't for his caramel skin and gray eyes, he would've passed as an identical mini Fitz.

Finally waking up, he rubs his eyes to get rid of the sleepiness. He holds his mother's hand as she led him off the bus. When they were all assembled in the classroom, the adults were finally able to let out a huge sigh of relief. They were fortunate to have an accident free trip.

By the time they were settled in, it was about time for school to be dismissed.

Olivia sat at the back of the class with Tommy; as they watched each of the children's parents, guardians or nannies came for them. Each child was showing off their souvenirs that they'd gotten from the zoo and they recalled their visit enthusiastically.

Looking down at her watch, Olivia saw that it was already after two. Where is Fitz? She thought. He was supposed to already been there to pick them up.

"Where's, daddy?" Tommy whined. He was still sleepy and exhausted from the day's events.

"I don't know son and I forgot my phone on the car charger." Olivia replied. She looked up and saw Kelly walking towards them, they were the only three remaining.

"Hi, Mrs. Grant I just want to thank you again for chaperoning this trip. I know you're a busy woman and I want to let you know, your volunteerism is appreciated."

"It was my pleasure, Kelly. As long as this little one" she rubs Tommy curls, much to his displeasure and continues, "is in your class I'll be present as much as I can."

"Thank you" Kelly gives her another smile.

"Oh Kelly, may I borrow your phone? I forgot mine and I need to call my husband."

"Sure" Kelly says without hesitation. She immediately reaches into the back pocket of her jeans and withdrew her smartphone.

Olivia lets out an audible gasp when she was given the phone. She couldn't believe what she saw. Olivia closed her eyes in hopes, that what she'd seen would disappear, but it didn't.

On the back of the phone case was a printed picture of Fitz. If memory served her right, it was from his Instagram page. It was a picture of him lying on the beach with his aviators shading his eyes while grinning. He had on a simple white tee and board shorts. At least, he wasn't half naked, Olivia thought.

"Look mom its dad" Tommy said, pointing at the phone case she was staring at in her hands.

"I see" Olivia's voice was measured and controlled.

"I'm a big fan" Kelly said with a nervous chuckle.

"Mmm" Olivia give her a tight smile. She understood teenage celebrity crushes and posters pasted on their bedroom walls. But this, she couldn't understand. This was her husband. Was it always going to be like this? Olivia thought. Will women always secretly envy her position in his life?

"Iya" Tommy called seeing his sister making her way through his classroom's door, followed by his father.

Olivia was none the happier for the intrusion. She returned the phone to Ms. Kelly, "I won't be needing this after all" she tells her. It's a good thing she didn't used it either because she didn't want her gaining access to Fitz's cell number

Ms. Kelly collects her phone and casts a nervous glance Fitz's way. "Good day, Mr. Grant" she greets him as she returns to her desk at the front of the room.

Fitz said a brief hello to her, as he made his way to his wife and child.

"You forgot this" he tells her, dangling her iPhone in front of him.

"Tommy where's my gift?" Iya wastes no time to ask, interrupting Olivia's response.

"Sheesh, Iya. Look" he thrusts a small snow globe with penguins into her hands. He'd picked it out in the gift shop and asked his mother to pay for it.

"It's so pretty, thank you" she beamed at him.

"Iya, you don't ask people if they brought back something for you. Wait for them to give it to you" Olivia chastised her. She had talked to her, over and over about behaving like that.

"Yes, mom" she answered, despondently.

"Are you guys ready to go?" Fitz interjected.

"Thought you would've never showed up." Olivia gives him a death stare.

"Aren't we in a bright mood today" Fitz teased her which garnered him an eye roll from his wife. He loved to poke her buttons.

Olivia gets up from the small chair and Tommy follows suit. They collected their belongings and went through the door.

"What took you so long?" Olivia asked her husband, as they walk towards the parking garage to get the car. She couldn't believe that he was thirty minutes late.

"Had things to do plus I had to pick up our daughter" Fitz answers her with a cheeky smile.

"Hmmm. You're in a good mood" she muttered nonchalantly.

"Yes I am" he smiled at her,

Fitz unlocks the SUV with a click of his keychain. The kids open the backdoor and immediately screeched loudly.

Their voices startled Olivia but the closer she got, she was able to see what had them so excited.

Sitting in a box between the two front rows was a puppy, a golden retriever to be exact. It was the most perfect looking puppy.

"Fitz" Olivia turned to him and give him a big smile.

"Yes, Livvie" Fitz returns her smile.

"This is amazing." she tells him, gesturing towards the kids who'd taken the pup out of the blanket lined box, and was holding it. They were going out of their minds with glee.

"How and when?" she asked.

"Carl, hooked me up with a buyer two weeks ago. He's four weeks old. I had to wait until he got all of his shots and was fully weaned before I could bring him home. Liv, you should've seen him. From the first time I laid eyes on him, I knew we had to have him."

"I'm glad you did. I know I wasn't thrilled at first but this will actually be good for us" she gives him a tight hug of appreciation.

"I'm glad you think so" he returns her hug.

"So what are we going to name him?" Fitz asked the kids, who were busy hugging the pup.

"Spot" Tommy said.

"Nooo. He doesn't even have spots" his sister shook her head. "Jack" she offered.

It was Fitz's turn to say no, "how about, Rover?" he asked instead

The kids both said, "No" and Olivia laughed.

"What you think, mommy?" Tommy asked for her input.

"Mmm. How about, Rex?"

"Rex" Iya tested.

"Mmm, Rex" Fitz also tested while rubbing his chin, deep in thought.

"Rex" Tommy finally said and the pup grumbled in response.

"I think he likes it" Olivia pointed out.

"Then Rex it is." Fitz chimed in.

"Rex, we'll be best of friends." Tommy said, rubbing the pup's head as Iya holds him in her arms.

Before heading home they stopped at the nearest Pet store to purchase essentials for Rex. The kids were throwing any and everything they could find into the shopping cart. Their father was much too willing to oblige, while Olivia tried to counter their spending.

Walking from aisle to aisle with an over eager salesman and the kids in front, they spent time talking about their day.

Olivia brought up the phone case incident and Fitz burst into laughter.

"You find it funny?" Olivia hissed at him.

Fitz tried to stifle his laugh but failed miserably. "Babe, it's not unusual for fans to do that."

"Well I don't like it. You're mine and I don't like other women having access to what's mine" she said, harshly.

"Livvie, the only thing they have access to is an Internet picture. You have access to the real deal baby" he motions towards his body with an open palm.

Olivia rolls her eyes playfully at him, "I know I'm being irrational but it aggravates me when women eye ogles you, like you're a piece of meat. You're my piece of meat" she pouts.

Fitz threw his head back and laughed again. He loved seeing jealous Liv, it did something to him. "Well I'm glad to know how you feel because I feel worst. That Quentin bastard, the next time I see him and he has some snarky comment to make, I promise you, I'll floor his ass" Fitz was getting worked up, just thinking about it.

It was Olivia's turn to laugh. "I give you my permission."

"Excuse me Dad, can we get a doggy sweater for, Rex? It's cold out" Iya ever the fashionista asked, breaking up her parents' conversation.

"Ah sure. No pink or sparkly things" he warned her. Knowing his daughter, she would look for the sparkliest and brightest color sweater the store had to offer.

"Ok, daddy" she agreed before making her way to the front of them and reuniting with Tommy and the salesman.

After they'd bought over a thousand dollars' worth of doggies stuffs, they finally left the pet store. Leaving the store, they were greeted by paparazzi who started snapping pictures of them and shouting random questions.

Whose dog it is? Was one of their questions. They saw Fitz holding the puppy but yet asked such a stupid question.

Fitz grabbed both of his kids underneath his arms while holding Rex, shielding them from the bright flashes. The pup squirmed and growled in his arms as a result of the bright lights. Olivia followed behind them with the two salesmen, pushing their shopping carts.

The relentless paparazzi continued unwanted soliciting as they loaded the SUV. Fitz made sure to put the kids and Rex in the car first and Olivia join them shortly after.

One of the paparazzi came up to one of the back car windows and started flashing his camera.

"Back up!" Fitz shouts at him.

He ignored him and continued to snap away.

"Back the fuck off!" Fitz barks, and grabs him by his shirt to haul him off. He could never understand paparazzi. Why can't he and his family have their privacy? Especially his kids. They didn't need to be exposed like this.

"Fitz, get in the car!" Olivia ordered, getting out of the car quickly. She had seen the scuffle beginning through the tinted windows. She didn't want him to do anything rash and moreover have it on camera.

Fitz released the man's shirt and listened to his wife. He opens the driver's side door and slams it in anger.

"Dad they're still flashing" Tommy pointed out, holding on to Rex.

"We're getting out now" Fitz said coldly.

Fitz started the car and once the salesmen had closed the trunk, he pulls out of the parking lot.

"Woo that was crazy" Iya said clutching her chest as if now she could finally breathe.

"Dad, were you going to beat that guy up?" Tommy inquired.

"I wish" he mumbled.

"Let's not bother your, Dad" Olivia said to halt the 21 questions.

The ride home was mostly quiet, the only sound came from the kids and their new family addition.

By the time, bedtime came around, Olivia was bone tired. It was a workout setting up everything for Rex, cooking dinner, getting the kids ready for bed, on top of chaperoning a field trip of twenty hyperactive kids. She made a mental note, to talk to Fitz about getting a housekeeper. After being fed, Rex was down for the count in his doggy bed. They'd set his bed up in the hallway next to the upstairs sitting area.

Olivia and Fitz had to demand the kids to go to bed and leave the poor dog alone. They would've played all night with him, if they'd left them. They were simply overjoyed with their new family addition.

Rex, seemed to already be the perfect fit to their family. He was energetic and very attentive. He loved the attention and cuddling that the kids give to him. Even Olivia was love-struck by the little furry gold creature.

"Babe, you look sick" Fitz mentioned casually, as he walked into their bedroom to see his wife hugging her stomach while lying in a fetal position.

"Tired" she mumbled.

Without saying a word, Fitz grabbed the decorative pillows and placed them in to the storage container. He then unrolls the comforter from underneath her and covers her body with it.

"Thanks" she muttered half asleep.

Fitz kissed her forehead and whispered, "sweet dreams, sweet baby."

"Liv" Fitz murmured sleepily. He felt her body suddenly jerk off the bed. He looked at the bedside clock to see that it's only 4:30 AM.

He didn't get an answer. After waiting about a minute, he was returning to slumber when he heard her retching.

"Liv?" this time he got out of bed and made his way to their en suite bathroom.

His sleepy eyes immediately cleared, when he saw her kneeing in front of the toilet.

"Are you ok?" he immediately chastised himself for asking that. Of course she wasn't. She was busy vomiting up last night's meal.

He got down on his knees behind her and began to rub her back.

After a few minutes of hurling up nothing, Olivia finally collapsed against him. She was bone tired. She woke up feeling extremely nauseous.

Fitz held her in his arms and allowed her to rest. After a few seconds he reached forward and flushed the toilet to get rid of the unpleasant odor.

He pulled her to her feet and carried her to the sink. He helped her washed her face and rinsed her mouth with some mouthwash. He draws some water from the tap and gives her to drink. She graciously collects it and after allowed him to take her back to bed.

She immediately falls asleeps after returning to her side.

So many thoughts were swirling around his head as he lay next to his wife.

Eventually, he succumbs to sleep.

Olivia felt refreshed as she got out of bed an hour and half later. She let Fitz sleep some more, feeling bad for interrupting his sleep earlier. She took a long shower ,allowing the warm water to caress her muscles.

She got out of the shower and pat dries her skin, with a plush towel. Grabbing her favorite lotion, she rubs it all over her skin. She enjoyed simple moments like this, where she's allowed to take in the beauty of her body. It wasn't perfect but it was hers to love.

She watched her glowing skin in the mirror, she couldn't help but smile at her sun kissed skin. People paid for skin the color of hers, she was blessed with it.

Slipping on a pair of lacy hipster panties, she felt sexy matching it with a lacy push up bra. Once her undergarments were on, she expertly did her makeup and hair for the day. She grabbed her silk robe, slipped it on and made her way quietly out the door, without waking Fitz.

On the other side of the door, Olivia was greeted by Rex. She immediately got low and rubs circles into his back.

"Good morning, Rex. You look good this morning. Yes you do, yes you do" she talks to the dog while rubbing his soft coat.

Rex, enjoyed the attention so much that he sprawled himself on the floor. "Let's go make breakfast, bud" Olivia scoops him up in her arms. He wasn't comfortable with the stairs as yet, so they'll carry him up and down it, until he grows older. She couldn't believe that she was already head over heels in love with the little guy.

The two made their way in to the kitchen, starting off their day. Olivia starts a fresh pot of coffee for Fitz, then scoops out some dog food for Rex along with a bowl of milk.

The two were enjoying a quiet morning as Olivia prepared breakfast for her family. She skipped eggs altogether and instead, grilled bacon and cooked blueberry pancakes.

When she was finished she made her way upstairs with Rex to wake up the kids. One by one they got up, Rex's presence made them more enthused to face the day.

Liv lets them get ready and makes her way to the master room.

"Good morning, babe" she gives Fitz a chaste kiss to his lips.

"Mmm" he murmured against her mouth. "Good morning to you too" he smiled against her lips. His eyes remained closed.

"Time to get up."

"I don't want to. Come back to bed" he grumbled.

"I can't. You can't. We have to go to work" she reasoned good sense.

"Mmm" he finally relinquished his sleepy state and opened his eyes. "I see boobies" he sing songs to her. Olivia's robe was slightly opened at the front and he could see her breast partially covered by the lacy bra.

Olivia rolled her eyes at him. "I swear, you're worse than the kids. Get up!" She smacks his butt playfully and stands to her feet.

"Ok mom" he teased, swinging his legs to the edge of the bed. Once he was sitting upright he asked, "How are you feeling?"

"I'm good. I must've caught a bug yesterday from the zoo" she reasoned the cause of her sickness.

"Mmm. Ok" Fitz said, unconvinced.

A brief silence takes place as both of them asked themselves, "what if we're pregnant?"

Olivia wasn't convinced, she shook it off. She allowed Fitz to use the bathroom and shower while she went to check on the kids. In the meantime she assisted Tommy with dressing and helped Iya with her hair.

Once she'd finished, she returned to her room, put on her outfit for the day and touched up her makeup. The day had officially begun and she was more than prepared for it.

Olivia enjoyed a quiet commute to work. Surprisingly, traffic wasn't horrific on this somewhat warm fall morning. It was in the early sixties and in her opinion that was perfect. Her mood and outfit reflected a happy demeanor.

Parking her car in the building's parking garage, Olivia strutted her way to the gallery. As she walked the busy sidewalk her phone rang.

"Hello" she answered.

"Hi, Mrs. Grant this is Shelby, Dr. Rawlins assistant" she was greeted by the familiar nurse.

"Hi, Shelby. Is everything ok?"

Completely ignoring her question Shelby replied, "Dr. Rawlins want to know if you can come in today. Something came up in your blood work-"

"What! Is it serious?" Olivia can feel the bottom of her stomach falling. She felt queasy too.

"It's best if you come in. Can you come in this morning?" Shelby continued to be professional over the phone. She didn't want to divulge too much information via phone.

"Uh yea" Olivia replied. Her heart was beating a hundred times per minute. "I can be there within the hour"

"Great. She has a patient but I'm sure she'll be able to fit you in. She wanted to see you as soon as possible. Ok. Mrs. Grant, I will see you soon" Shelby said.

"Ok" Olivia whispered. She was afraid of what might come out of her doctor's mouth.

She immediately called Fitz after ending the call.

"Liv?"

"Fitz, can you go with me with to the doctor. They just called and said something came up in my blood" Olivia rushed out.

"Of course, I will. What time do you need me there? I can come pick you up" he tells her.

"You can come now because I told them, I'll be there within the hour."

"I'm on my way. And baby, it's going to be fine."

A/N: What do you think they found in her blood work? What would you have done with the phone case incident? Also, there's a new addition to the family. Rex! I chose a golden retriever because they're so stinking cute, especially as a pup. Thanks to Google for helping me out with puppy and Central Park Zoo information. HA!

I sincerely apologize to those of you that were reading my story, Our Past. I have decided to delete the story. Well I already did, I could no longer write it. I think I screwed up the storyline. Oh well. I will probably revisit it with a better one. Hang tight.

Anyhow, please leave reviews about this chapter.

Until next time,

Muahzz.