As Olivia laid in the tub of warm, soapy, lavender-scented water she felt someone staring at her. Her eyes were closed but it could only be one person.
"Fitz, I am not speaking to you right now," she said, though she couldn't fight the smile on her lips as she said it.
Fitz leaned down and kissed her lips softly.
"You mad at me for making you cum over and over again."
Olivia opened her eyes."I'm mad at you for breaking my vagina."
"It didn't feel broken," Fitz teased. "if anything it might be working too well."
"You woke the girls," Olivia scolded.
Fitz tilted his head to the side and smirked, "you woke the girls."
"No-"
"Was I the one screaming?" Fitz teased.
Olivia splashed him with the soapy water and covered him in suds.
Fitz smiled and lifted her from the tub and she fell on top of him on the ground
"Fitz!" Olivia screamed as she laughed.
It was almost 3 am. They were both naked on the ground. Olivia was on top of him but she stayed away from his groin. She stayed closer to his stomach.
She stared at him for a moment before she stood. "It's three in the morning Fitz, I'm not playing with you."
She stepped in the tub and turned on the faucet this time. Fitz stood and stepped in the tub behind her. He was filthy, they had both been, with cum and saliva and sweat all over.
After they both left from the shower, they headed to the closet and dressed in pajamas. When they finally crawled into bed it was almost 4.
Olivia laid her head on his chest and threw her leg over him. Her eyes were heavy with sleep. She felt Fitz's arm around her as he kissed her on her forehead. She fell asleep immediately.
In the morning, when Fitz woke it was bright out, brighter than usual and immediately he knew he'd overslept which was not something he did often.
He jumped up and checked his phone on the nightstand. It was after 8 am. Lily's school began at 8:30.
He washed his face and brushed his teeth then walked quickly to Lily's room. She was still asleep.
"Rosebud, come on, we have school today," Fitz said.
Lily rubbed her eyes sleepily and yawned. Fitz lifted her and rested her head on his shoulder and walked her to the bathroom. He sat Lily on the counter in the girl's bathroom and took her toothbrush and began brushing her teeth gently then he helped her to wash her face. He took her to dress in her cute plaid uniform with knee-high socks and black ballet flats.
"Okay sweetie, pick something for your hair," Fitz said.
Lily looked around her vanity filled with hair clips, scrunchies, and bandeaus.
"I want that one," she said as she picked a lavender polka dot bandeau and slid it on her head. "Where is mommy," she asked. Lily was used to Olivia being up in the morning.
"Mommy is sleeping," Fitz said as he lifted her around his waist.
"We can stop at mcdonalds for breakfast," Fitz said.
"Yayyy," Lily said excitedly.
He grabbed her pink backpack on his way out of her room but before he left the house he checked on the twins who were still asleep.
It was 8:30 exactly when he grabbed his car keys and walked out of the front door. He saw Sonia walking towards the front door when he stepped out.
"Fitz, you're still here?" Sonia asked.
"Yeah," he said, "overslept."
"Bye Sonia," Lily said with a smile.
"Bye sweet girl," Sonia called.
Fitz strapped Lily in her car seat in the back of his Benz and then he got in the driver's seat and pulled off. As usual, once he pulled up to the gate a squad of guards who were always ready to leave, followed him out. At the foot of the hills, he stopped at the Mcdonald's drive-through and bought breakfast for them both. Lily ate on her pancake breakfast in her car seat on the drive to school.
He pulled up on the curb outside of her school building and then got out. All the children were inside. Lily finished her breakfast and handed Fitz the empty plate.
"Okay, come on sweetie," he said as he lifted her from the car seat.
He walked inside the building, past the security guard at the entrance. He walked down the colorful hall to her class which was the blue class. He could hear the teacher offering instructions to the children in the class. He opened the door and walked in with Lily.
"Good morning Lily," her teacher Ms. Huntington said. She was rather young for a school teacher and wore clothes that were a combination of polka dots and floral print.
"Morning Ms. Huntington," Lily replied.
Fitz kissed Lily's cheek, "me and mommy are coming to get you after school okay and then we're going to dance class."
Lily nodded and smiled.
Fitz lowered her down to the ground and it was then that he realized he'd forgotten her lunch
"Lily, I forgot your lunch and snacks,' Fitz said.
Lily gasped when she realized.
Lily's teacher walked over to them just as Fitz was going to call her.
"When is Lily's snack time, I have to bring her food."
"Her first snack time is 10:30, lunch is 12:30 and second snack time is 2:00."
"Daddy, can I have Mcdonalds for snack time?'
"Your mommy made lunch for you last night but sure, I guess I could sneak some Mcdonalds in there."
She smiled and ran over to her cubby to put her book bag away.
"You know Mr. Grant, Lily is a very smart, very mature girl, when you carry her like that and treat her like a baby she might start to act like one," her teacher said.
Fitz stared at her for a moment, "you said snack time is 10:30 right?"
"Yes," she responded.
"Well, that's what I asked- for snack time, not parenting tips. I'll be back in an hour with her food."
Fitz waved to Lily again before he left. He drove back to the house and when he arrived the twins were running to the door. When they saw him they ran to him.
"Daddy," they both said together.
"Hey girls," he said as he ran his hands through their hair and made it untidy. They were still wearing their princess pajamas.
Sonia walked from the kitchen, "come on girls, we have to eat breakfast," Sonia said. "They heard you out front and ran to come see you."
Fitz smiled, "that's okay. Is Liv awake?"
"No, she's still sleeping, she hasn't turned."
Fitz nodded, "just pack Lily's lunch in a bag for me, I forgot it this morning, I'm gonna go check on Liv."
Sonia nodded and walked with the twins back to the kitchen.
Olivia had been sleeping more but he kept her up all night and for most of the morning so he couldn't complain. Before that, she had just finished fashion month so understandable she was tired. He couldn't wrap his mind around it meaning anything more than that.
When he walked into the bedroom, she was mostly hidden under the covers.
He pulled the covers back and noticed she was mumbling something in her sleep. He leaned closer so he could hear. Olivia wasn't someone who spoke in her sleep.
"Please don't hurt me, please don't- please- I'm pregnant."
"Liv-" Fitz called as she shook her but she couldn't hear.
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."
"Olivia," he called, "wake up."
"Fitz...You would kill the woman pregnant with your child."
When she said the words he remembered them immediately. He hadn't before. His memory was back but not as sharp as it was before. He would remember some things perfectly and other things we would remember the gist of what happened but not in perfect detail. Now that Olivia had said the words to him he recalled the exact moment she said them.
He pulled her up, "Olivia, wake up." he shook her until she finally opened her eyes. She was crying, disoriented, and breathless.
Olivia stared at him for a moment, blinking away her tears.
Fitz stared back but he was at a loss for words. He stood up and headed to the door.
"Fitz, don't go," Olivia called.
"I forgot Lily's lunch- I have to go back,"
He was out the door as he said the words.
"Fitz," Olivia called. She got out of bed and went after him. When she got to the bottom of the stairs he wasn't there. She walked to the kitchen to see if he got Lily's lunch but only Sonia, the twins, Marta, and Greg were there. She had no idea how he was out of the house so fast, she practically ran after him. When she opened the front door his car was gone and the gate was being closed."
She didn't want to call him since he was driving so all she could do was wait. She went back to the kitchen to see the girls. She was now becoming aware that she was more tired than usual. When it was just her and the girls together she could be up until 5 am and still could wake on time. In the last few weeks, she hadn't been able to do that.
She didn't know if it was because Fitz was home. Now that she had him to help her she felt spoiled with all the extra rest she'd been getting because that certainly wasn't the case when she was on her own.
She spent time with the girls in the kitchen as they ate breakfast and played with Zeus. Sonia had a playdate scheduled for them and after they finished breakfast she took them to freshen up so she could leave.
It was almost an hour later and Sonia had left a while ago. She'd brushed her teeth and freshened up and changed her clothes and Fitz still wasn't back.
She called him but he didn't respond. She sighed annoyed and went to the kitchen for Zeus. She planned to walk him. Marta usually did but since she was bored waiting for Fitz to get back she decided to make herself busy.
When Olivia stepped outside she saw Fitz standing by the railing on the far side of the yard. Olivia turned and led Zeus back in the house then she closed the door and headed towards Fitz.
As she walked closer she realized he was smoking.
"Fitz?" she called from just a few feet behind him.
"I was gonna be back in a second."
"Fitz," she stepped closer, "it was just a stupid nightmare."
"I'm sure it was," he said as he pulled from his joint.
"So why are you acting like this? You're smoking and it's not even noon."
He blew smoke from his nose, "I needed to cool off."
"Fitz-"
"-Having nightmares about your husband is a big fucking deal, Olivia," Fitz said. "What I did to you scarred you so badly that you're having nightmares about it almost seven years later."
Olivia sighed, frustrated.
"I'm not scarred. I thought we were past this. I don't know why that happened but baby please- let's just forget it."
"Okay. Forgotten," he said it so quickly that it wasn't convincing.
He was about to bring the joint placed between his index and middle finger to his lips to pull it but Olivia took it from his fingers and flicked it over the railing, down the cliff.
Olivia reached up and pressed her palm against his cheek and kissed him softly.
"I love you," she kissed him. "I love you." she kissed him again. "I love you."
Fitz sighed and pressed his forehead against hers.
"We were both different people back then and you know that. We were younger and stupider and horrible."
His resolve finally broke and he leaned against her lips and kissed her softly. His lips were so warm they almost felt hot. Olivia smiled against his lips, it was so hard to get him out of a mood when he decided to get in one and she was glad she succeeded.
"What's so funny," Fitz asked as he felt her smile.
He leaned up and that was when he caught a glimpse of her but not just her beautiful face, he saw what she was wearing. He looked her up and down and then turned her around and looked at her ass. She wore a white tank mini dress that fit her curves perfectly.
Olivia felt his eyes skim her.
"Is your ass getting bigger?"
Olivia turned around and leaned over the railing and poked her ass out, "I don't know. You tell me. You're the one who's spanking it every night."
"Let's go inside, Fitz said.
"Why? We can do it right here."
"I'm not fucking you in the yard, in broad daylight for a dozen guards to see."
"Why not?"
Olivia pulled the hem of her dress over her ass. She was naked underneath her dress. Fitz pulled her dress down and turned her around, annoyed at how quickly she could elevate his heart and send his blood rush. All it took was a flash of her naked ass.
"Because," he said angrily, "in case you haven't realized, men tend to obsess over you. What I don't need right now is a bunch of guards getting a hard on for you because they have to listen to you getting fucked across the yard."
"Are you afraid of them? Of course not but they're afraid of you. I think we'll be fine."
"I'm not doing it."
"Oh, yes you are. Right here. Right now," Olivia fired back.
"You want it?" Fitz asked, breathlessly.
"I want it."
"Fine," he said as he lifted her and sat her on the cement baluster railing. "Take it out."
Olivia peered into his eyes as she slid her hands down into his sweatpants and pulled out his cock.
In a moment she felt him pulling her legs open then he lifted one leg over his arm and he was inside her, fucking her as if he hadn't spent hours inside her last night. As if he'd gone months without her.
She was enchanting.
So wet, so tight and so intoxicating.
"Mmmm…" she hummed as he kissed her fiercely, "you want everyone to see you getting fucked," he said as he pulled down the straps of her dress until her breasts were exposed.
Fitz pulled her hands behind her back and pinned them together.
"Uh-huh," she mumbled absently. She felt his tongue on her neck, her mouth was gaping and with every breath she took her walls clenched around him, feeling him hard inside her as she covered his cock in her juices.
Fitz stared into her eyes and lost himself in them.
Then she felt it. When she began to lose control of parts of her body to him she knew she was close. When her legs began to tremble and she couldn't stop them. When her toes curled so hard that the sole of her feet cramped. When she felt like running from his cock and shoving him deeper at the same time, she knew it was her time.
Half her body hung from the railing. Fitz was holding her by the throat now. Her dress was now dangling around her waist and no matter how hard she tried she could get her legs to stop trembling.
She prayed to hold out a little longer but it was useless. When
When she came, Fitz came too, breathless and sweaty as he panted against her lips. It took a few moments for her body to calm and then she smiled at him.
"How is your mood now?"
Fitz took a breath and smiled, "holy fuck." Fitz leaned in and kissed her.
When he slowly pulled out of her she felt a gush of cum running down her thighs. She quickly closed her legs together and hopped off the railing and pulled her dress over her breasts and fixed her straps then she pulled her straps over her shoulder.
"Just let it drip out on the concrete. It'll dry up," Fitz said as he slipped his penis in back in his pants.
"Why? So your crazy ex Sasha can break in and try to lick it off the floor," Olivia quipped as she waddled toward the front door like a penguin with her legs closed
Fitz laughed as he watched her and then when she disappeared inside the house he saw Zeus run out the door towards him.
He pulled his phone from his pocket and dialed a number from memory. Fitz looked around the yard at the guards scattered around. Even as far away as they were in the big yard he could tell everyone seemed to be looking everywhere but at him.
"Sir," the man said.
"I want to know if any of the guys say anything about my wife. Make sure you're reviewing every second of the body cameras."
"Sure."
Fitz hung up and walked back to the house. He found Olivia changing her clothes in the closet. Her legs were wet.
"Why are only your legs wet?"
"I had to wash my vagina," she said as she fixed her dress once again.
When she leaned down and dried her legs with a towel her dress rode up and Fitz saw the smooth lips of her vagina as she bent over.
"Where are your panties?" Fitz asked.
"I'm not wearing any."
"I know that. Why not?"
"I'm sorry, is there a rule that says I must wear underwear?" Olivia asked, then stood and smiled at him mischievously.
"You're fucking with me right?"
"Nope. If you want panties on me then take out a pair and put them on me, well, you can try."
Fitz smiled, "be very careful what you ask for."
"I'm so scared…" Olivia teased.
Fitz raised his eyebrows, "alright but before we start. What time are the girls coming home from their playdate?"
"How do you-wait, of course you know they're on a playdate," she said as she walked to him and threw her arms over his shoulders. "Because you're an amazing daddy."
Fitz moved her arms from his shoulder and walked over to her lingerie drawer.
"Wow, no response." Olivia said.
Fitz opened her drawer and took out a pair of cheeky lace panties. They were a pretty turquoise blue.
He turned around and held them up.
"Just put them on,"
"Fine," she said with a smirk.
Fitz walked over and just from on her tone he knew she had no intention of complying. He kneeled and opened her panties at her feet.
Olivia lifted her leg and pretended to put her feet in the opening for her legs but then at the last second, she moved it.
"Oops."
Fitz looked up at her. He didn't smile though he found it amusing. Olivia being happy and silly not something that could ever upset him.
Still, he needed her underwear on. It was torture otherwise.
"You're playing as if you want to get fucked again but I'm not sure you can handle it."
"Why not?" Olivia challenged. "Is it because I'm 5'3?" She was sore after Fitz spent most of the night in her and then some of the morning but still, she craved more.
"No. it's because you damn near had a seizure outside so just put her underwear on."
Olivia smiled and kicked it out of his fingers lightly. The panties fell on the ground.
"Come here," he said as he grabbed her around the waist and buried his face in between her legs.
He sucked her clit, hard and immediately heard a scream. Fitz flung her body back, reflexively and if he didn't have his hands around her waist she would've fallen. Instead, he was able to lay her gently on the soft, carpeted floor.
Olivia lifted her legs over his shoulders as he leaned down lower. She felt his warm, textured tongue licking and sucking everywhere. She could hear the sounds his mouth made when he slurped her juices.
She ran her hands through his hair. Fitz's tongue danced on the most sensitive part of her pearl and all the while it was as if her heartbeat left her chest and relocated to her clit.
"Fuck, fuck fuck…Fitz," she cried as she came with Fitz's mouth still on her.
Suddenly she was frantic which was unusual for after an orgasm. Usually, she was spent, now she craved more to an unreasonable degree.
"I want your cock in me," he said breathlessly.
Fitz leaned up and observed Olivia. It was as if she was in heat the way she writhed in want and lust.
Half his face was moist from the juices between her legs. Fitz wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and then shoved down his pants and boxers. He lifted her waist to meet his then slid into her easier than he'd ever been able to before. Usually, there was some resistance. Usually, her walls stretched open to fit him every time. This time, she fit him perfectly.
He pressed his hand against her pubic bone and began thrusting, slowly. He watched her.
She had a pained look on her face and he knew it was because she was sore. She pulled down the straps of her dress. The fabric rubbing against her erect nipples began to hurt.
He continued to slowly stroke her with half his length. She was tense. Her back was arched against the carpet and her chest was raised. Her breast bounced up and down with every gentle thrust.
"Mmmm…" she moaned deeply.
"You cuming," Fitz whispered.
Olivia nodded and bit her lips.
He leaned over and kissed her lips softly as he continued thrusting. He never moved his lips from hers. Every stroke he gave her drove them closer to orgasm.
Fitz deepened the kiss, moving from just her lips to her tongue. He felt her fingers in his back, digging in and her whole body began to shake. He felt her cuming on his penis and came immediately. He closed his eyes and lost himself in the euphoria until it passed.
When he opened his eyes Olivia was crying. Fitz leaned up, his bliss was over. He pulled out again and this time the walls were tighter and clasped around him. Once he slowly maneuvered himself out of her, he fixed his pants quickly.
"Was I too rough?" Fitz asked softly.
Her crying became hysterical.
"Livie," Fitz said, feeling more guilt by the second.
His voice did nothing to calm her.
"Baby," He said as he leaned closer to her.
Olivia sat up slowly and took a breath.
"Tell me what I did?" Fitz said.
Olivia wiped her tear-drenched face. "I don't know what that was?"
Fitz shook his head confused, "what does that mean? Why were you crying?"
"I don't know. I just was."
"You just were?" he asked, worried.
He needed a better explanation for her hysterical crying. The one she gave so far wasn't sufficient.
"It wasn't you." She leaned in and kissed him. "You're perfect." She drew in a sniffle. When she ran her hands over her breasts, they were heavy. They ached.
Olivia held Fitz for balance and stood slowly. Fitz stood as well.
"I'm going to wash off," she said.
"Olivia- what's going on.?" he asked.
"I'm fine," she said. She was beginning to feel clear-headed again. "Come wash off with me."
Fitz relented and walked to the bathroom with her. Olivia pulled her dress down her body and stepped out of it. She turned on the faucet and stepped in. Fitz stripped and stepped in behind her.
It was a long, quiet shower. When they left the shower and went back to the closet Olivia finally spoke.
"That was weird. I don't know why I did that," she said, hoping to ease his anxiety.
"Can you at least tell me what was going through your mind?"
Olivia sighed, "one moment I was enjoying my orgasm and the next I was just crying. I don't know why."
"Are you sure?"
She leaned up and kissed him, "yes Fitz. I'm not an invalid. If you're destroying my insides I can tell you. I wouldn't let you do it and then cry after."
He smiled, "you make me crazy."
"I'm starving."
"Get dressed. I'll take you out for lunch."
Olivia smiled and nodded, "alright."
Fitz walked to his drawers and pulled out a pair of underwear and stepped into them.
"I'm gonna call Sonia and tell her to bring our girls back. I want them with us."
Olivia nodded.
Fitz walked to the bathroom and pulled his phone from his pants that he'd left on the floor. He called Sonia and asked her to bring the girls back but she told him she was already on her way.
They both got dressed and when they were ready, they met Sonia downstairs for the girls.
Olivia ordered a second plate at lunch. Fitz sat watching her eat.
"What?" she asked.
The girls were on their iPad watching youtube videos after finishing their sandwiches and fries.
"Nothing," Fitz said with a smile.
"This salad was really good?"
"I didn't say anything," Fitz said.
His cellphone rang, rescuing him from the conversation.
"I have to get this," he said.
"Sure, you do," she said with a smile.
Fitz smirked and answered the phone.
"John?"
Olivia bit another piece of grilled chicken from her cobb salad.
"Mommy, can I have some please?" Daisy said.
Her green eyes were vivid and reminded her of Fitz's brother Scott, as were Isabelle's.
"What do you want sweetie?"
Daisy pointed to the bacon on Olivia's plate. Olivia stuck her fork into a piece of the beef bacon and fed it to Daisy.
"Yummy," Daisy said as she chewed.
"Would you like some, izzy?" Olivia asked.
Isabelle nodded.
Olivia fed her a piece. When she looked back over to Fitz he was off the phone.
"So Sasha didn't show up for court today. As of now, she's held in contempt."
"Where do you find these crazy women to have s-e-x with." Olivia had to spell the word because she didn't want the twins to repeat their words.
"Liv, we were sleeping beside each other for a few weeks- while we weren't together. She did not look like that when I knew her- and I barely remember her and if I can give myself some pity points I was kind of going through a crisis."
"Fine," Olivia said as she stuck a piece of bacon in her mouth.
"I don't know why her lawyer even took the case. It was an asinine defense."
"I'm sure he did the best he could for an asinine person." Olivia decided to change the subject.
"Are you excited about your dance lesson later?
"Yes," Fitz answered.
He'd long devoured his double bacon cheeseburger. Now he was waiting as Olivia.
Fitz heard russian coming from Daisy's iPad and raised his eyebrows.
"It's the russian kids channel that they watch," Olivia said.
"What?" he said with a chuckle.
"At worst, it adds nothing of value to their lives. At best, they learn russian."
Fitz chuckled, "please eat. We have to get Lily."
"Okay, I'm eating, I'm eating."
Olivia stayed in the car with the girls while Fitz walked to Lily's class to pick her up. When she saw him she ran to him and jumped on him.
"Daddy!" she said as if she was the only person in the class that had a father.
Fitz smiled and kissed her cheek. Lily had opened up to him so much since his return and every so often he found himself thankful that he wasn't gone another minute longer than he was. He came back at an age where he could re-enter their lives smoothly. That, itself, was a gift.
"How was school?"
"School was cool," Lily said. "You said you would bring me mcdonalds."
"Dereck brought it for you."
"But I wanted you to bring it."
Fitz smiled at his possessive daughter, "I'll make sure that next time, I'm the one that brings it to you, okay?"
Lily nodded and smiled. She was easy to forgive.
Fitz took the parent id card from his wallet and scanned it at the iPad by the door. It was how the school kept track of who left with the children. Only people who were approved by parents or the parents themselves were able to obtain the cards.
He lifted Lily and brought her back to the car and strapped her in the car seat beside her sisters.
The drive to Lily's dance studio was loud. Lily and the twins laughed and played on their iPads loudly in the backseat of the range rover as Lily ate the sandwich Fitz brought for her from the restaurant.
Almost half an hour later they arrived at Lily's dance studio. The parking lot was filled with mini-vans, nothing exorbitantly fancy. The parents at the studio weren't particularly wealthy by Los Angeles standards. They were mostly upper-middle-class families with no real connection to show business looking for that through Liz.
Sonia came just in time to meet them in the parking lot with guards to take the twins back to the house for their tennis lessons.
Inside the lobby, Fitz waited for Olivia to help Lily change into her leotard in the girls changing room then they made their way to the gallery to wait with the other parents until Liz was ready for the group. Lily sat in Olivia's lap.
"Are we going to get a nanny to replace Kristen?" Olivia asked in a quiet voice as they waited.
"If you think that's best. I'm home, I don't think we need to."
"Replace Kristen?" Lily asked.
Olivia realized then that she hadn't told Lily that Kristen wasn't coming back.
"Yes, sweetie. Kristen won't be your nanny anymore."
"Why not?"
"Well daddy's gonna be home for a while so Sonia can help daddy to take care of you."
Lily shrugged and nodded."I'm gonna miss kristen."
"You are?" Olivia asked.
"Yeah. She was fun to play with."
Olivia sighed, "why don't you go play with your friends?"
Lily nodded and hopped off Olivia's leg to find her friends across the room.
"When do you plan on going back to the company?" Olivia asked.
"I'm not sure. The CEO you appointed is doing a fantastic job, I don't know that I want to disrupt that."
"You won't. It's your company- you should run it."
"It's our company and we do run it."
Olivia rolled her eyes, "I meant that your dad left it for you and you'll leave it for our children. I just think you should be there. There should always be a Grant at Grant Corp."
"And a Stark at Winterfell," Fitz said with a smile.
Olivia slapped him lightly on the arm and laughed, drawing even more attention from the group that was eavesdropping on them.
"I plan on going back as soon as I get tired of you."
Olivia smiled, "when will that be, you butthole?"
"Eh.. I'll play it by ear."
She slapped his arm playfully and laughed.
"Parents, kids come down," Liz yelled.
There were chairs set up around the perimeter of the room. Once everyone had settled in a chair, Liz began at the center of the room.
"When I was a kid, the one experience stuck with me throughout my life was my father-daughter dance in elementary school. I decided to do this showcase because I wanted you dads to have to take a couple evenings off your corporate jobs and spend some time dancing with your girls. I actually can't decide if it's a showcase or competition but as of right now, it's a showcase, I'll let you know if I change my mind on that." Liz stepped away from the floor. "I want all the dad and girls to come on up. We're gonna warm up."
Fitz stood and walked to the center of the studio floor with Lily. the other children and fathers were scattered around them.
All the girls in Lily's group were between 5 and 8 years old.
"Stretch up! Girls show your fathers how to stretch."
"Go up dad," Lily said.
Olivia smiled as she watched them warm up. After the warm-up, Liz sent the father's back to their seats and called them back pair by pair.
After an hour, it was Fitz and Lily's turn.
"Lily, come on up here. Bring your dad," Liz said.
Fitz stood and walked with Lily to the middle of the floor. Now that he was in the middle of the room, he could see all the mother's staring at him with their husbands beside them.
Liz stepped close, "gosh, you're huge. I keep forgetting how huge you are. How tall are you?"
"6'3."
"Whew." Liz said as she flushed hot. She grabbed his bicep and squeezed it. "These muscles could cut glass."
Fitz pursed his lips and stared at Liz. She seemed oblivious to how inappropriate she was being but after spending many days with Lily at the studio he was used to it.
"Okay, I'll behave now. For the number I know Lily was born in New York and even though your mom said you moved to L.A when you were a baby I still think you're a New York girl at heart, like me, and so for your dance with your dad, you'll be dancing to New York, New York by Frank Sinatra. It's a jazz piece and it's one minute long."
Liz began running through the routine with them. In the end, both Fitz and Lily walked over to a smiling Olivia.
"I saw your teeth the entire time," Fitz said.
"Because you two are so cute together. I got it all on video."
Fitz sat down, "Liz was in rare form today,"
Olivia smiled, "I like it. I think it's hilarious."
"Can we leave now. I don't care about any of these other kids," Fitz whispered.
Olivia pinched him, "behave," she scolded lightly.
Fitz ran through the house with Daisy on his shoulder. Lily, Isabelle, and Zeus, even in his old age, chased them.
There was raucousness in the house.
"Daddy, I'm gonna get you!" Lily screamed.
"First you have to catch me slow poke," Fitz teased.
"Save me from the monster," Daisy yelled to her sisters. "Quick, he's gonna eat me."
Fitz ran her to the family theatre room and sat her on the ground and pretended to eat her stomach. "Yum, yum, yum!"
Olivia sat at the kitchen island on her laptop. She would be back to work on Monday and she didn't want to be bombarded with hundreds of unread emails on her first day back. She felt nauseous and she thought it might have been hunger. She hadn't eaten since earlier in the afternoon and now it was hours later.
She waited patiently as Greg finished preparing their dinner. Tonight, it was pan-seared salmon and sauteed vegetables.
After another 10 minutes, set the table and he'd plated the food.
"Fitz," Olivia screamed.
"Angel?" he screamed.
"Dinner's ready," she screamed back.
She was sitting at the table before Greg finished placing the plates in their setting. She poked her fork in the salmon then stuffed it in her mouth. It was crispy on the outside and so soft on the inside. She played with the texture in her mouth. She tasted rosemary first then as she chewed she tasted garlic and somehow there was pimento in there.
She smiled and continued eating.
Fitz and the girls sat at the table moments later. Their breathing was labored and it took them a moment to calm before eating.
"Couldn't wait," Fitz teased.
Olivia ignored him and continued eating. She was now scarfing down vegetables. When she finished the vegetables she went back to the salmon and this time when she chewed, she tasted a new flavor. It was disgusting. She continued chewing until she couldn't anymore.
She was beginning to feel raw and the fish disgusted her.
"Are you okay?" Fitz asked, noticing she stopped eating.
Olivia spat her food back on the plate. Greg noticed when he returned to the table with drinks.
"Is there something wrong?"
"Nothing, there's just a spice in there that I'm not very fond of. What did you use?"
"Rosemary, garlic, powdered pimento, salt, paprika and a bit of cayenne. There was olive oil- oh and cumin."
"It's the cumin."
"Oh. I can make you something else if you'd like."
"It's alright. I ate most of it already anyway. It was quite good otherwise."
The taste was still in her mouth and it made her sicker with each passing moment. Olivia ran her hands through her hair. She began to sweat.
"Greg, do we have ginger ale or something. Maybe some tea?"
"Sure, we have it all. I'll set you the ginger ale, it'll get the taste out of your mouth."
"Olivia, what's wrong?"
"I'm fine-" she blurted out as she got up from the table and ran. She flew through the large foyer and up the stairs to her bedroom. She didn't make it to the toilet. Vomit escaped her lips before he could lift to toilet cover.
She bent over the seat and violently vomited the contents of her stomach.
There was a knock on the bathroom door. She didn't even remember closing it but it must've been because subconsciously she didn't want Fitz to see her like that.
"Angel?"
All Fitz heard in response was loud retching.
"Liv. open the door."
She was heaving now as she leaned over the toilet seat.
"I'm fine," she called weakly.
"Mommy, what's wrong?" Lily yelled from outside the door.
"I'm fine," she called again. "Finish your dinner. I need to clean up."
"Mommy?" Daisy and Isabelle said.
"I'll help you. Open the door."
She was getting tired just speaking to him.
"Fitz, please- I don't want you to see me like this. I'm fine. Just let me clean up." She was out of breath at the end of the sentence.
"Fine," Fitz said angrily.
He didn't understand what was so embarrassing about the throw up that she needed to hide it from him. What concerned him, even more, was the fact that she was throwing up after eating salmon which was her favorite fish. Earlier in the morning, she had an emotional breakdown after sex. Something was going on with her. He was afraid to say the obvious choice.
Begrudgingly, we took the girls back to the dining room. He wasn't able to eat anymore but he waited as the girls finished their dinner then he brought them to their bedroom.
Olivia took as many towels as she could from the closet in the bathroom and spread them on the floor. She had no idea where Marta and her team kept cleaning supplies but after searching around the bathroom she found bottles of spray under the large marble bathroom vanity.
Once she was finished with cleaning up she opened the bathroom door and walked down to the small trash room just off the kitchen and threw the towels away. She didn't see Fitz which meant that he was putting the girls to bed.
Back in the bathroom, she stripped naked and stepped into the shower. It was a quick shower and when she stepped out she stood in front of the large wall mirror in the bathroom and stared at her reflection.
She cradled her stomach and turned to the side. The was the smallest bump there and suddenly she was in disbelief that she was oblivious to it before. Months earlier her stomach was defined with soft abs. Now, they were gone.
She turned back to the front of the mirror and looked at her stomach. She couldn't believe it.
When Fitz walked into the bedroom, he saw the light on and was glad she finally opened the door. He walked quickly over to the bathroom and when he stopped by the door, he saw Olivia cradling her stomach in the mirror.
It was still flat and it just looked like she'd had something to eat but even still, it was obvious when she cradled her stomach because it had never been like that before.
Olivia was so consumed staring at her naked reflection in the mirror that she didn't notice when Fitz walked to her and stood beside her. It was only when she felt his hand caressing her stomach that she snapped out of her trance and looked up at him. Her eyes were wet with tears.
"Are those happy tears or sad tears?" he asked softly.
Olivia smiled and wiped her eyes, "happy. I could never be sad."
"Good," Fitz said with a smile and wet eyes, "because I'm ecstatic."
Fitz lifted her around her waist and kissed her softly on the lips. Olivia hugged him tightly and pressed her forehead against his.
Fitz kissed her again and spun her around.
"Woah- be careful Fitz," she said laughing, "I don't want to throw up again."
"Right," Fitz said as he lowered her to the floor.
"And it's not confirmed yet. I have to take the test."
"When was the last time you threw up like that?" he asked.
Olivia thought for a moment.
"A week before I gave birth to the twins."
"When was the last time you cried like you did earlier without knowing why?"
"I was pregnant with Lily. To be fair, I did cry a lot when I was pregnant with the twins but it was because I thought you were dead."
Fitz smiled, "that won't happen again. This time I'll be right here with you."
Olivia's eyes filled with water again and it began to cascade down her cheeks.
"Don't cry," he said softly as he wiped her eyes and kissed her lips again and again
"I'm just happy. I didn't think I would be. The timing is terrible and it's going to suck because I have terrible pregnancies. I get so sick but it doesn't matter. You're here."
"Yes. And nothing can stand against me. Not even birth control."
"With Lily we were hornballs who fail to use birth control at every turn so that doesn't count and with the twins we planned it so doesn't count either and to be fair, we don't know that. maybe I was pregnant before I put the iud in."
"Wouldn't that put you at almost 3 months along."
Olivia nodded, "maybe it did fail. If I was three months I'd be alot sicker."
Olivia laughed then she frowned as another thought crossed her mind, "I was smoking with you on the trip and I drank a lot. Oh my god-"
"You smoked once and you drank those margaritas on the beach and then you had wine a few times and a little whiskey, "
"Fitz, that's a lot," Olivia whined. "Our poor baby."
He smiled and kissed her."I'm in love with an amazing woman."
Olivia rolled her eyes, "you're just trying to make me feel better."
"Is it working?"
She smiled, "yes."
Fitz kissed her again and smiled, "wait right here let me shower really quickly and when I'll tell you more about how great you are."
Olivia nodded then sat on the vanity top as Fitz stripped naked and stepped in the shower. He was quick.
When he stepped out, she couldn't help but gaze at his glorious naked body. Between her thighs began to ache but she told herself she needed to be careful and give her body a break. She couldn't go toe to toe with Fitz even though her hormones were telling her she could.
Once he dried himself they went to the closet. Olivia dressed in one of his large t-shirt and no underwear.
Fitz noticed.
"I'm begging you baby. Please put on some panties."
"Fine," Olivia relented.
She slipped on a pair of cotton boy shorts.
"Better?" she asked.
"Better," Fitz said relieved.
A/N - WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?