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Olivia was speechless. Her mouth hung open, she let go of Fitz's hand, and looked over to Cyrus and Mellie and they shared the looked of confusion. She blinked back the tears that would soon undoubtedly fall, only a moment ago the sign of happiness had been crushed. She hoped this was a cruel and hurtful prank because the alternative was too hard to comprehend.
"You don't know who she is?" Mellie asked as she jumped out of her chair and came to stand by the bed.
"Should I?" Fitz answered as he looked between his wife and Olivia.
Olivia's chest hurt, there was a stinging in the back of her throat and she found it difficult to breathe. But she had to compose herself. She turned her back to the room, took three deep breaths and then jump right back into the situation in a typical Olivia Pope fashion.
"How bad is his memory loss?" Liv asked, knowing that there was no way he could continue with the Presidency if it was by any means severe.
"Until twenty seconds ago, we weren't aware he had any," Cyrus replied. They had been talking and alerting Fitz to the situation, since he had woken up, aside from when the doctors were running a few tests.
"You're sure you don't know her?" Mellie asked again.
"I've never seen her before," Fitz answered, which felt like another punch in the stomach to Olivia. "Can someone please fill me in on who this woman is?" He requested extremely confused by the whole situation that was playing out before him.
"She's-" Mellie began.
"Just an old work acquaintance," Olivia interjected, though it pained her to say. "Can I speak to the two of you outside?" She asked directing her request to Mellie and Cyrus. Nodding they both followed Olivia outside Fitz's hospital room.
"I feel I should be happier about this, but it's strangely unsatisfying," Mellie said when they were out in the corridor.
"So, it's just me?" Olivia asked, side stepping what Mellie had just said. "He remembers everything? Everyone, but me? How is that possible?" Liv questioned. She wished she had prepared herself for this, though she didn't think there was a need to, after all Mellie hadn't mentioned anything on the phone call.
"We should talk to his doctors," Mellie said. Sure she had dreamed of a life in which Olivia didn't exist, but this was not the way she wanted it, this was like winning by default.
"Careful now," Cyrus warned. "If he doesn't remember Liv, then there's probably more he doesn't remember. If word leaks that the President is suffering from memory loss then we are all gone for," he continued.
"He's right," Liv agreed. "We need to protect him," she added.
"Protect him from what? How can we protect him if we don't know what we're dealing with? We have all been worried sick that Fitz would not wake up, and just because he's awake doesn't mean he's himself. We need to know where and when this amnesia thing starts and ends. Only then can we really protect him," Mellie said. And although she felt like she was saying the right thing, it felt strange to be on the side which favoured Fitz remembering his mistress.
"We can assess that ourselves," Cyrus said, the three of them had kept secrets about Fitz in the past what would be so different now?
"As Wife trumps Chief-of-Staff on all things relating to his medical health, the decision is mine. Now I am going to go find his doctor, you can either come with me or you can stay here," Mellie said, putting her foot down.
Before either Cyrus or Olivia could say a word the pregnant woman was walking down the hallway in search of Fitz's medical team. Olivia quickly followed after her, because although she wouldn't admit it, she was dying to know why it seemed that only she had been erased from Fitz's memory. With a large sigh, Cyrus followed too.
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"Speaking strictly hypothetically, if Fitz did forget certain things, when is cause to worry?" Mellie asked to the head doctor working Fitz's case.
"Some names and dates may allude him until he fully recovers, and that's not a real cause for concern. A little memory loss is not uncommon in patients who have suffered this kind of head injury. We've run tests on his memory, and under the circumstances he's doing extremely well. There shouldn't be any reason he can't return to work once he's back on his feet," the doctor answered. "Though your use of 'hypothetically' does lead me to ask if you have noticed anything we should look further at?"
"Nothing," Cyrus added before anyone else could speak.
"What about faces? People? Is it possible to simply no longer remember them?" Olivia asked.
"Again hypothetically," Mellie added.
"'Hypothetically', if someone in the President's situation forgot someone else, it could be the brain protecting them. The brain is a remarkable thing and this could simply be a trigger of the flight or fight mechanism, or there's something deeper underlying. It's not always easy to tell. Has there been any signs of President Grant forgetting someone?" The doctor asked skeptically.
"We just want to know what to be on the lookout for. With his job, we can never be too careful," Mellie said trying to sound sincere, and unknowing.
"If he does forget something, simply reminding him can work, but don't push, these things usually work out on their own," the doctor added.
"Thank you," Liv, Mellie and Cyrus said in near unison. They waited for the doctor to walk off before saying a word and walking back down the hall to Fitz's room.
Mellie and Cyrus were in a small argument about what to do, but when they reached the door Liv stopped them. "I don't think we should tell him," she said at a shock to both Mellie and Cyrus. They were sure she was going to side with reminding him. "It's better this way. He can work on getting better, and being President. Adding me into the mix is just going to confuse him. There's no reason to push this on him. If he remembers on his own then so be it. But I'm not going in there and telling him about us. I can't," Liv concluded.
When he asked who she was, it was one of the worst feelings in the world, and going in there and rehashing everything was going to be too painful especially if he still didn't remember afterwards. This was the best choice for everybody. They had tried to break away from each other a thousand times in the past, maybe this was they needed to finally be able to just that.
"Are you sure?" Mellie asked.
"If he asks, don't mention anything other than I used to work with him, and we were close friends, that's all he needs to know," she said sternly, which said there was no more room for conversation.
Mellie and Cyrus nodded and then walked back into the room. Liv caught a glimpse of Fitz as the door opened, and hoped she was making the right decision. Olivia took a few steps to a bench of chairs because she knew her legs would soon give way. She had to keep reminding herself that even though this situation wasn't the way she had hoped, he was alive, he was conscious, and he would be fine. And with some time, hopefully so would she.
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