When Olivia awoke later in the day, she found herself still tangled up in Fitz's arms. After hours of her and Fitz making love, they figured it'd be best to catch up on some sleep before their children came home from school and tired them out again.
Olivia laid sidelined, propped up on one elbow watching Fitzgerald peacefully sleep. She thought about how creepy she must've looked as she watched him with a smile on her face, but she couldn't help herself. She was content with just snuggling up with him. He made her so happy- so much so that she couldn't resist not having her lips on him any longer and started to place small pecks along his jawline. As he stirred and groaned in his sleep, Olivia placed her hand over her mouth to stifle her giggling. She knew Fitz absolutely hated being bothered in his sleep, but again, she couldn't help herself. She didn't know anyone that could resist kissing a handsome face such as his.
"Livie.." Fitz finally grumbled without opening an eye. His voice was thick with sleep that initially sent a chill down Olivia's spine. She loved that deep voice so much.
"Sorry." Olivia whispered, giggling. "I'll let you sleep." She was suddenly feeling like a new woman and no one could steal the happiness she felt.
Fitz always told her how beautiful she was, but that morning, when he came back from dropping off their kids— he had really made her feel beautiful. Olivia wasn't insecure by the least, but it felt really good to have someone who could make you feel as beautiful on the inside as you do on the outside.
When she tried to get out of the bed, Fitz held her tighter, squeezing her on her round bottom. Olivia giggled again, swatting his hand. "Fitz! Stop it!"
"Where are you trying to sneak off to," he asked, not letting up on the grip he had around her. "I have to pee, Fitz." Olivia laughed.
"No. Don't go."
"Fitz.." Olivia sang with a grin. Something about him behaving like a needy baby really turned her on, but her full bladder screamed louder. "Ok. I really do have to pee, honey." She whined and tugged on him so he'd let her go. Fitz sucked his teeth, "Fine then, midget," he mumbled, withdrawing his arm from around her.
"Oh! I want you to remember that later, Fitzgerald," Olivia chuckled making Fitz grin underneath the covers.
As she climbed out of bed, she grimaced at the slight pain that shot through her legs while walking into the bathroom. Before squatting on the toilet, she did a few quad and hamstring stretches just to loosen up those stiff muscles.
After taking care of business, she turned on the shower letting the water get to the perfect temperature, then she stepped inside. After lathering her washcloth with soap, she began to thoroughly clean her body. Once she was washed up and clean, she stood directly under the shower head letting her hair get wet all while letting the water rinse the soapsuds from her soft and smooth skin. Suddenly, she felt a hand tapping her causing her to smile and bite her lower lip. "Baby, I thought you were sleeping," she said wiping the water from her face as she turned around ready to face Fitz— but to her surprise, it was Jake behind her.
"Surprised to see me," he asked. Immediately, Olivia took notice of his bloody hands and how dark his eyes were as he looked at her with a sinister smile. This didn't look like the Jake that she knew and for that reason alone, fear was quickly setting in.
"What the fuck are you doing here?! Fitz!!" Olivia shouted. With her heart thumping in her chest, she quickly jumped out of the shower and scrambled to grab her drying towel to cover her body. She wrapped the towel tightly around herself as she sped into her bedroom.
Upon entering the bedroom, she couldn't hold the loud gasp that she let out. "Fitz! Baby!" She shrieked as she noticed him lying in the position she had left him in and a pool of blood surrounding his head. His curls were soaked in the blood and Olivia felt it in her gut that things were only going to get worse.
Her heart sank as tears fell from her eyes. She started to scream at the top of her lungs for help. "Baby! Fitz, please wake up!" Olivia cried as she held his lifeless body in her arms.
With tears pouring from her eyes, Olivia looked up just in time to see Jake walking out of the bathroom. "Jake, what did you do!" She cried. Jake said nothing and chuckled. To see Olivia in so much pain clearly brought him great joy. There was so much evilness in his eyes that one glance at Olivia had her frightened for her own life. "Now things can go back to the way that they were. You and the kids are coming home, Olivia. You've had enough fun."
"No! Leave me and my children the hell alone!" Olivia shouted. Her body was visibly trembling as she stood up, leaving Fitz on the bed. How in the hell am I going to get away from him, she wondered as she looked around for her cellphone. She didn't want to leave Fitz here, but if she wanted to try to save him, she had to get away from Jake first and get help.
Suddenly, the room door was open and Katie entered. "No! No! No! You're supposed to be in school!" Olivia shouted as she reached for Katie. Instead, Katie pulled away and beamed. "Hi, daddy!" She said as she skipped towards Jake. Then, Asher, Nolan, Felix and Teddy followed her lead.
"W-- what are you doing?" Olivia shouted. "That is not your father!"
Unfortunately, it was if Olivia's voice had fallen on deaf ears and they had not heard or seen her standing there. "Katie! Boys!" She shouted again, but to no avail. Her heart crumbled more and more at the sight of them all gathered around Jake with happy smiles.
"Your 'family' is gone, Olivia." Jake smiled. "Everyone you love is gone." With Katie in his arms, Jake snapped his fingers and everyone and everything that had been surrounding Olivia disappeared, including Fitz.
X
"Olivia! Baby, wake up! Livie!" Fitz said as he lightly tapped her. He didn't want to scare her even more, but he'd been so worried about her. She had been grumbling and fighting in her sleep for a while.
"Fitz!" She gasped as she came out of the horrible nightmare. Her body was sweaty, shaky and she had literal tears on her face.
When she looked over to her left, Fitz had an awful look of concern written on his face but she was too relieved to see him still alive to acknowledge anything other than that right now. She immediately threw her arms around his neck and cried on his shoulder. "It's ok, Liv." He repeated. He didn't ask her any questions as he held her tightly. Somehow he knew all she needed right now was his touch.
Once she'd gathered herself and took a few deep, calming breaths, she finally looked Fitz in his eyes. "I'm so sorry," she said. She felt so embarrassed.
"Sorry for what, baby? What happened? What were you dreaming about," he asked calmly although he was slightly freaking out on the inside. But for Olivia's sake, he knew he had to remain calm. He wiped the tears from her eyes as he kept her close in his arms and waited for her response.
"I thought l lost you, Fitz." Olivia sighed as she looked up into his calming eyes. "It felt so real. I really thought you and the kids were gone and I was just so scared…and so alone!" She cried, getting all worked up again. Fitz was very confused, but he held her until she could explain more.
"It felt real because I got up to use the bathroom, then I got in the shower and I- I thought it was you but it wasn't, it was…Jake.."
She said going into detail and explaining her nightmare to him. After her retelling, Fitz looked at her then kissed her forehead. He didn't really know what to say to all of that. But he definitely understood how a dream like that could shake her up.
"Don't even worry about that, baby. You can't get rid of us that easily, and Jake damn sure wouldn't be the one to take me out." Fitz joked. Olivia giggled and playfully rolled her eyes at him.
"Fitz, be serious. What if that dream meant something? Like a warning? What if..."
"Olivia, don't. Don't go there, babe. Don't do that to yourself. Things are going fantastic in our lives and nothing's going to happen to me, to you or to our children."
Olivia sighed as he held her tighter and professed his love to her. No matter how scared she got or worried even, Fitz was always there to comfort her and make things better again. "I love you, Olivia Pope."
"I love you too. Thank you for dealing with my mess," she said sweetly before kissing his lips.
Fitz stood up and gathered Olivia in his arms, then he carried her in his arms to their bathroom.
Once in the bathroom, Olivia ran the shower water for real this time, and they got in together.
She had no idea what that dream was about, but she was glad that it was just that- a dream. She hadn't thought about Jake in months so she couldn't understand why he was suddenly in her dream causing harm to Fitz and taking their children away. The thought of losing them had really freaked her out, but she knew she couldn't let that dream fester her mind. Like Fitz had said, things were going great. Their life was great.
While in the shower, Fitz complained about her having the water too hot and Olivia could only laugh at him, because to her, it felt perfect.
"Livie, I am going to get out." Fitz griped. "You're burning my skin! Look how red I am!"
"No! Fitz, don't go!" She laughed, grabbing him by the arm and stopping him from stepping out of the shower. "I'll turn on the cold just a little bit more."
"Thank you. You know, I shouldn't have to threaten you." Fitz joked.
After they were showered and dressed, Olivia checked the clock and smiled. "Baby, we still have a few hours before the kids get home from school, we should do something fun!" She suggested. Olivia knew that she needed to get out of the house for a few hours to get that dream out of her head. She was no longer worried, but doing something other than lounging around couldn't hurt the process.
"Yeah, sure! Whatever you want to do, Livie!" Fitz answered. He was standing at the sink, shaving his facial hair. It had grown out way too much for his and Olivia's liking.
"Great!" She beamed as she picked up her phone. She made calls to her sisters, her mother, and Fitz's mom too knowing that she was in town again. She asked if they'd like to go shopping without the hassle of having kids around. They, of course all agreed. And within the next hour and a half, they were all on rodeo drive ready to spend a few thousands.
X
As the women went from store to store, Fitz was beginning to get a little irritated. He never realized until now how obnoxious it could be when it came to shopping with women. What irritated him the most is how they would spend ten minutes discussing a piece of clothing only to send it back and choose the first option they had in mind.
I really should've gone to work today, he muttered to himself repeatedly.
"Fitz, have you and Livia been working on making me more grand babies," Fitz's mom asked. "I-" Olivia's eyes widened as she choked on her own saliva. She had NOT been expecting that.
"Nope. She won't give it up, mom." Fitz chuckled making Olivia pinched his arm. How dare he! We just had sex this morning, she thought to herself.
"LIES!" Tamia said through a loud, fake cough. Like hell her sister wasn't giving it up! She's still traumatized from them butt-dialing her all those weeks ago.
"You are so stupid, Tamia!" Clara laughed. She knew they were thinking about the exact same incident. That's something they'd never forget.
"Maya, aren't you ready for more grand babies," Barbara asked looking at Maya and smiling. "Oh, of course I am! Maya nodded passionately. "But I heard through the grapevine that these two have been 'getting it on' lately, so I'm not so sure what Fitzgerald is talking about."
Olivia gasped, quickly turning away from her mother to face her sisters. "I know you didn't tell mother about that night," she said with a glare on her face.
"Clara did it," Tamia quickly shouted making Clara gasp and defend herself just as quickly. "I did not! It was you!"
Olivia knew better. She knew she wasn't going to get the truth from either one of them and she wasn't exactly sure who could be telling the truth. Tamia was chatty and could've easily slipped up, and Clara, she was always sharing unnecessary information with their mom. "Mom, who told you," she finally asked. She rolled her eyes at her sisters before turning her back on them and facing their mother again, waiting for an answer.
Maya laughed and shook her head at her daughters. She knew she couldn't say which one! She had sworn she wouldn't. "Livie, who told me is irrelevant, ok? But Olivia, Fitz, you have got to be more careful," Maya said and shook her head. Olivia buried her face in Fitz's shirt from embarrassment as the others giggled. This was the very reason she kept things to herself. She hated the fact that she and Fitz had slipped up during an intimate moment. "Can we talk about something else, please?"
"Exactly." Fitz murmured. Olivia looked up at him and giggled. She knew they were all getting on her man's nerves. She stood on the tips of her toes and kissed his lips. "I love you." She mumbled with a smirk. He really deserved it for being so patient with them.
"Look at Olivia, guys." Grace cooed. "Our seester is glowin' so much!"
"Oh my gosh! Stop!" Olivia blushed, waving off her sister. Grace was right though. She was glowing. She was a lot happier these days and she absolutely loved her life and everyone in it.
Maya could only smile as she looked at her oldest daughter. She was a proud mama. "She's in love. I'm happy she's finally found the one."
"Nu-uh!" Tamia irrupted. "That's the glow after some good penis!" She teased.
Fitz laughed loudly, but the second Olivia glared at him, he quickly stopped. "Sorry, honey." He muttered.
Everyone cracked up laughing, including Olivia. He was just too cute.
Barbara turned from her son and high-fived Olivia with a smirk. "Keep him in check, Livia. He needs that."
X
The family went into the Chanel store and as Olivia looked through the rack of clothes, Fitz snuck up behind her and grabbed her by the waist. Olivia squealed and quickly turned on her heels to wrap her arms around his neck, then they crashed their lips together.
Fitz immediately deepened the kiss and dipped her back as he slid his tongue in her mouth and Olivia eagerly sucked on it– until her sister reminded them that they were not alone.
"Olivia!" Tamia quietly gasped. Olivia quickly pulled away from Fitz and wiped his saliva from her mouth. "Yes?" She answered meekly. "You little hussy," Tamia said. She had never saw her sister behave that way, especially in public. Olivia groaned and rolled her eyes. "Tamia, grow up!"
"Mommy, Ms. Barbara, you saw that, right," Tamia asked and the two older ladies nodded their heads, smiling. "I'm quite sure Livia got pregnant off that kiss!" Grace exclaimed. Alice fanned herself and said, "Hell, I think I got pregnant just from watching that kiss."
Fitz shook his head and laughed. He was grateful that he only had a brother, sisters were clearly too damn much.
X
"Oh, babe! Be Tamia. Guys watch this. Go ahead, Fitz." Olivia smiled clasping her hands together.
Tamia frowned. "What do mean 'be Tamia'," she asked. Olivia held up her finger and smiled. "Just wait. You'll see."
"Livie," Fitz said in a whining manner. His ears quickly turned red as a tomato with all their eyes on him. As outgoing as he was, Olivia couldn't believe he was being so shy! "Baby, please! You owe me! Remember," Olivia asked giggling. She knew she was pushing it.
"See. You really don't play fair."
Fitz began to do his best impersonation of Olivia's youngest, wildest and loudest sister, Tamia. His mannerisms and squeaky voice was spot on with the way Tamia conducted herself.
As everyone watched, they cracked up laughing as Fitz went on and on impersonating Tamia.
As Tamia watched, she folded her arms across her chest and feigned being hurt by his little display. "See! Nu-uh! Fitz, you were my favorite brother-in-law, but nope!" Tamia sassed making Fitz and Olivia toss their heads back in sync as they laughed even harder. "See ya'll ain't right, ya'll ain't right at all." Tamia giggled.
"It's all love, Tamia," Fitz chuckled.
Olivia smiled. She loved how her man and even his mom, fitted right in with her crazy family. It was never this way with Jake. "We love you Tay! With your animated self," Olivia said, wrapping her arms around her baby sister and giving her a big hug. "Whatever, Lib!" Tamia laughed.
The family continued to shop for themselves and for their children while having a good time bonding with one another.
Once the shopping was fulfilled and everyone's pockets felt a little lighter, they all headed to Olivia's and Fitz's place. Barbara and Maya decided that they wanted to cook for the family and of course, no one would complain about that.
"Barbara, I'm gonna show you how to cook some soul food, honey," Maya said as they headed to the kitchen.
Barbara laughed, patting Maya's shoulder. "Maya, I adore you," she said before glancing around and making sure no one was coming. "But trust me, I can cook soul food. I've had soul food. Where do you think Fitz gets his love for 'chocolate'? Fitz's daddy was not my first...and as good as he was, he still was not my best."
Maya gasped shockingly, then she laughed loudly. "Barb! Have you- are you saying you've been with a black man before?" She asked.
Barbara hummed with a slight grin on her face, but said nothing, which in fact said everything. Maya laughed again. She was beyond flabbergasted. "I know that's right, Barb," Maya said pursuing her lips and smirking.
Meanwhile, Olivia and Clara were out picking up the kids from their schools. The good thing though is that they all attended to the same schools. The only difference was the primary, secondary and high school.
By the time they made it back, the food was coming out the oven. "You all are just in time! Kids go wash up," Maya instructed the children after getting hugs and kisses from them then Barbara did the same.
"Olivia? Honey, why didn't anyone eat these pancakes? They look like they would've been delicious," Maya said, then she tossed the cold plate of pancakes away.
Olivia glanced at Fitz and they smirked at each other knowingly. Fitz leaned over and whispered into her ear as he gripped her thigh, sending a spark through her body. "It was so delicious," he said.
Olivia inhaled sharply and pressed her hand to her stomach to calm the intense tingling feeling she felt as she thought about all the good love they made that morning.
She couldn't wait until everyone left and the kids were in bed just so they could get in a few more rounds. One thing about Fitz is that he knew how to put it down and he truly had Olivia addicted.