I'M GOING TO BE DOING A LOT OF TRAVELING SOON. UPDATES OF BOTH STORIES WILL BE AFTER I HAVE SETTLED AND I SINCERELY DON'T KNOW WHEN. I HOPE YOU ALL BEAR WITH ME.

"I know, it's the scar and my saggy stomach, I told you it was scary."

"No, it is not, let me try again," Fitz insisted and climbed on top of Olivia, determined to get there, but he kept on struggling.

"Stop," Olivia said to him.

"No, I can do this. Just give some time," he objected.

Olivia laid there quietly, feeling very frustrated and unattractive, but trying to give him the time he needed. All she wanted to do at the very moment was cry, not only was he not attracted to her which proved her point of how grotesque her stomach was, but also because she wanted him so badly after six months of no intercourse.

Fitz was still on top of her doing everything, but absolutely nothing at the same time just to prove he could get it up.

Olivia got fed up and asked him to get off of her, "Stop. I have to check on Beldine." She pushed him away and put on his T-Shirt.

She stood up from the bed, but didn't move. She was staring aimlessly somewhere contemplating her next move. She eyed his phone on the floor and picked it up, then tossed it to him, "You can continue with what you were doing before I walked in," she said, walking out of the room.

"Olivia!" Fitz called after her, but she didn't stop walking.

Fitz was now alone. He sat at the edge of the bed and looked at his penis, "What the hell is wrong with you, you haven't had her for six months, but you chose to act like a little bitch after she finally gives herself completely to you, why didn't you…." His eyes went to Olivia's nude picture on his phone's screen and he was now wondering whether Olivia was right about her stomach being the turnoff. He came to the conclusion there was only one way to find out.

Olivia went to Beldine's room and saw Beldine sleeping peacefully. She sat down on a swing chair that was next to Beldine's bed and began thinking about what just happened seconds ago. That has never happened before. Fitz was the horniest person she has been with. He normally got hard with just a look from her. Sex has never been their problem. She was very certain her stomach was the turnoff. "What if my stomach never gets back to normal again, is this going to be my life?" she asked herself loudly.

As soon as those words left her mouth, she scorned herself for reading too much into it. She also told herself she was being selfish for thinking just about her needs at the moment because Fitz might be feeling insecure for not getting it up. She now realized how wrong she was to walk out of him like that when the matured thing would've been for them to talk it out to see how best they could solve whatever that was going on.

Olivia was very proud of herself at the moment not only for thinking about the solution, but also considering Fitz's feelings in the process. This was something she never did when they started this relationship. She kissed Beldine on the head before heading back to the master bedroom.

On her way to the master bedroom, she told herself she has to ask Fitz for forgiveness first. But when she opened the door, she saw Fitz in the exact position she first did when she walked in on him earlier.

"Are you kidding me?" she shouted at him.

Olivia's timing couldn't be more wrong for Fitz as he stood up immediately due to being startled and came at that exact moment on her.

"Livvie, I'm so sorry," He said, looking for something to clean the mess he made on her body.

Olivia was boiling like a volcano. The tears she was holding after she couldn't get him to perform came falling down. She ran back to Beldine's room and a naked Fitz chased after her.

"Go away," she yelled at him.

"I can't. Honey, please let's talk. I was just trying to check something out."

She faced him. "I was actually coming for us to talk things out to see how best we could solve what you were going through, only for me to see you don't give a damn about it or my feelings. So, I don't have anything to say to you. Go back and continue with round three or whatever round you are on now."

"Please hear me out," Fitz begged.

Beldine started crying and Olivia picked her up and asked Fitz to leave them alone. Fitz was about to leave when Beldine's nurse walked in and saw The President completely naked.

Olivia saw Beldine's nurse looking at Fitz with the combination of nervousness and plenty of concupiscence. She rolled her eyes and shook her head lightly before throwing Fitz one of Beldine's wraps so he could cover himself.

Fitz thanked Olivia with a head gesture for helping him out. He then covered his lower abdomen with the wrap. "I'm sorry," he said to the nurse, and tried to leave, but the nurse stopped him.

"Don't leave, Sir. I came to take Beldine so you two can talk," the nurse said to Fitz.

"I don't want to talk to him," Olivia told the nurse.

"Yes ma'am, you two have to sort out whatever thing that is going on. I heard you two through Beldine's monitor in my room. Beldine do not need this negative energy around her at the moment," The nurse took Beldine away from Olivia, adding, "Dr Walker said this first year of Beldine's life is delicate, her parents fighting is not going to help her. Don't you want what's best for Beldine?" She asked Olivia.

"Yes, I do."

"Then talk to your husband ma'am," the nursed said and left with Beldine.

Fitz spoke first, "Livvie, I am so sorry. I know how you must be feeling. But I am very much still attracted to you."

"Do know what I did after I left? Scorning myself for not thinking about your feelings, I thought you might be feeling insecure for not getting it up for me. Not knowing you couldn't wait a second for me to leave so you could go back to what you were doing ….."

Fitz interrupted her, "I was just doing that to check if the problem was you." Immediately those words left his mouth he knew the wordings of his statement were all wrong.

Olivia was lost of words from his statement. She didn't know how to react or what to say, but what was certain was the humiliation and hurt she felt.

"I didn't mean it like that," Fitz tried to explain

Olivia finally found her voice, "I told you how I feel about my stomach, but you kept on pushing and…" she couldn't continue due to a sudden sobbing spasm.

Fitz walked closer to her, but decided not to touch her, "Livvie, I'm sure what I'm going through is just a phase and it will pass."

"What if it doesn't pass, what if my stomach never gets back to normal?"

"I'm always going to love you, you know that."

"Yes, I know that, but what about making love to me ever again?"

"I'm sure we will get there. I'm going to call Paul for an early session tomorrow, so we see how fast we can solve this."

"Whatever. Just leave now."

"Livvie, it took months for you to show me your stomach. I'm certain I just need a little time to get used to it too. Please, let's start by sleeping in the same room. You've been sleeping in here with Beldine ever since the accident. If you had let me see your stomach from the get go I would've been used to it by now."

"So this is all my fault now?" She thought how stupid her question was, "Of course it's my fault…."

"No, it is not. All I'm saying is I think I just need to get used to your new stomach, but how can I do that when you're always in here with Beldine."

"I am not sleeping in the same bed with you tonight and that's all for now."

"Okay, fine. I understand. Let me go for her."

Fitz went to Beldine's nurse room to get Beldine. When Fitz entered her room, he could tell she has been listening to their conversations through Beldine's monitor. But he chose not to tell her how wrong that was, since as she saw him naked some minutes ago, and also because he was still half naked at the moment with just Beldine's wrap around his waist. He was sure that conversation would be very awkward for both of them.

XXX

Papa Pope has been searching for Mellie since after the accident and finally found her, "Did you try to kill The President and Olivia?" He asked Mellie, but didn't wait for her response. "I told you to wait for my plan, you asked me not to harm Fitz because he is the father of your children. I can't do anything to Olivia too, because of obvious reasons. But you went ahead to try and kill them both?" Papa Pope shouted Mellie.

"Is this supposed to be a game?" Mellie yelled back at him, "You did, you tried to kill them. Our plan was Beldine and it wasn't supposed to be a car accident, you said both limo drivers were your guys and whatever limo The President used the driver was going to infuse some gas into the car when they're close to the White House that Beldine's young lungs won't be able to make it, but Olivia and Fitz were going to be fine..."

"Wait, that accident wasn't you?" Papa Pope asked her.

Mellie was now confused. "No, I thought it was you?"

Papa Pope didn't believe her, "Then why have you been hiding from me? I've been searching for you for weeks since the accident."

"I was thinking, if you could go against our plan to even kill your own daughter, what makes me think you won't come after me, my reason for going into hidings after the accident. How did you fine me?"

Papa Pope didn't have the time to explain to Mellie how good he was at his job, he wanted to know who tried to kill The President and his daughter, "If you didn't try to kill them and I also didn't, then who tried to have them killed?"

"I have no idea. I guess we aren't the only ones who can't stand them. But how come Beldine is still alive, didn't your guy do what he was supposed to do even after the accident."

"Put yourself in his place, would you have tried something like that after that accident?"

"So, he was scared?" Mellie asked mockingly.

"No, he was being cautious. And now we have to forget about getting rid of that their bastard," Papa Pope said and left.

XXX

It was in the middle of the night, both Olivia and Fitz couldn't sleep. This was their first fight since they got married. Fitz thought of checking up on Beldine and Olivia like he normally did every night after Beldine got back from the hospital, but choose not to do that today. He knew Olivia must be feeling humiliated at the moment and it was all his fault. That was his first time seeing her stomach since after the surgery. He couldn't believe how invasive the surgery was. He was certain all he needed was to get use to Olivia's stomach plus a little bit of Paul's counseling, and everything would be fine.

Olivia's internal clock was on alert because it was the time of the night that Fitz normally checked on them. She was subconsciously waiting for Fitz since as it has been his normal routine after the accident, but he didn't show up today.

She knew Fitz has a right to have a reaction to her stomach after seeing it for the first time. But she never thought they would be a day that Fitz wouldn't be attracted to her. She was now blaming herself for not allowing him to see her stomach immediately after the surgery and during the healing process, because he would've been used to it by now just like he said.

Red hat's accusation came flowing into her head, reminding her, Fitz and her loves ones deserves more, and how she was always going to be a selfish person because all she ever thought about was herself and no one else. Olivia felt like screaming her lungs out because she tried to put Fitz's feeling first, but it didn't work the way she planned.

She could hear White hat telling her the fact that it didn't work the first time doesn't mean she should give up.

Olivia left Beldine's room, heading to the master bedroom again. She got to the door and was scared to open it. She wasn't sure if she could take seeing Fitz masturbating for the third time. She stood there for a while and decided to knock, just to make sure the coast was clear.

She knocked and waited, but Fitz didn't answer. She came to the conclusion he must be deep in sleep, which meant the coast was clear. She opened the door, heading for the bed.

She was close to the bed when she noticed Fitz was awake.

"Olivia?" Fitz called out to be certain it was her.

"I thought you were sleeping since as I knocked and you didn't answer," Olivia said to him.

Fitz got up and sat on the bed, "I didn't answer because I thought it was one of the staffs trying to disturb me with work." He paused before adding, "You didn't have to knock. When did you start knocking before entering your own room?"

"Well, I wasn't in the mood to have your semen all over my body again." She climbed on top of the bed and placed the cover over herself.

Fitz was surprised to see her covering herself with the covers like she wanted to spend the night with him. "How is Beldine, are you OK?" he asked her.

"You said we need to start sharing the same bed so you get used to this new me. Don't worry, I'm not going to try anything. I know you prefer your hands at the moment."

"Livvie!"

"I'm going to be spending the night here with you from now onward, like I was supposed to after we brought Beldine home. I am sorry I didn't allow you to see my stomach after my surgery. I'm sure we wouldn't be going through this had it been I let you in on what transpired from the beginning. You would've been used to it by now."

"Livvie, what I'm going through is not your fault."

"Yes, it is. I know I have been very selfish and I'm sorry."

Fitz just noticed something about Olivia since her surgery, "Livvie, you have been apologizing, saying you've been selfish since after your surgery. I don't know what happened on the operating table or if you're just working really hard to make this marriage work. But I want you to know I love you with all the flaws you think you have, and I don't want to hear you apologizing for anything again, OK?"

"What if…"

"No what if," Fitz pulled her to lie on his chest. "I'm sorry I made you cry. I know what I'm going through is just a phase. Paul is going to help us out. We have a session first thing in the morning."

"Promise me you won't masturbate again," She requested, lying on his chest. "I don't care if you're using my picture to do it. It just hurt to know you prefer doing that than making love to me. If I'm going through sex withdrawal you have to be going through it too."

Fitz smiled, "My masturbation can't match up with me being inside of you. You don't need to worry about me not going through a withdrawal too, because I am."

"I don't care, just promise."

He smiled gain and kissed her forehead, "I promise. But there are other ways I could help with your withdrawal, you know."

"No, I don't want half of you. I want you completely." She was quiet for a while before requesting for his phone, "Give me your phone. I want to delete all of my nude pictures on it."

"But…." Fitz tried to object because some of the pictures were a real work of art.

Olivia gave him the 'do not test me' look and Fitz handed his phone to her without further protests.

XXX

"Huck, what are you doing?" Quinn inquired.

"Looking into the accident that nearly killed Olivia and Beldine," Huck answered.

"I thought the FBI is handling that?" Marcus entered the conversation.

"Well, I'm handling it too."

"What do you have so far?" Quinn asked him.

"I'm not sure. The last call that the driver in the van that hit the limo made was to a therapist named Paul, but I've checked everything about the Paul guy and nothing holds."

"Who's the guy in this picture with Paul, his face is not clear?" Marcus asked Huck

"I am still waiting for a clearer image, any second soon." Within seconds, a better image popped up on Huck's screen.

"You can't get a clearer image that this?" Marcus asked Huck, because he couldn't still tell the person on the picture.

But Huck thought the person was familiar, "He looks very familiar," Huck said and looked at Quinn with a concern face.

Quinn looked at the image more closely. "I don't think so, he's taller than him."

"Who are you guys talking about?" Marcus questioned Huck and Quinn.

"I believe he is the one," Huck insisted to Quinn.

"We have to be very certain before taking this to Olivia," Quinn said to Huck, while Marcus got deeply confused about the person they were talking about.

XXX

It was the next morning and Fitz and Olivia were already waiting for Paul to start his therapy session.

Paul entered the room. "Wow, I have always been the one waiting for you, Fitz," then he saw Olivia with Fitz, "Hey Olivia, nice to finally meet you."

Olivia and Paul both shook hands, "Nice to meet you too. My husband told me you've been asking a lot of questions about me."

Fitz has never been so proud being called a husband before. The word coming out of Olivia's mouth filled him with so much joy.

"You told on me?" Paul teased Fitz.

"Sorry, Olivia and I don't keep secrets, not anymore," Fitz answered Paul with a smile on his face.

Paul sat down, "So, where do we start today?" he asked them.

Fitz went straight to the point, "Olivia showed me her stomach yesterday."

"Is that so?" Paul asked Olivia.

Olivia didn't answer him.

Fitz continued, "We were about to make love, but I couldn't get it up."

"You couldn't get what up?"

Fitz gave Paul a look that said do you really want me to spell it out, before Paul got the message.

"Oh, that. And that has never happened before?" Paul knew it was normal for men to go through that sometimes.

"No, it has never," Olivia replied firmly.

"Do you have any reason why you couldn't?" He asked Fitz.

"My stomach is the turnoff," Olivia answered before Fitz could.

Fitz could feel the humiliation in her voice. "Olivia!" He called out sorrowfully.

"It is the truth," she said to him.

Paul looked at Fitz then Olivia then back at Fitz, "Does her stomach turned you off?

"I won't say turn me off, it's a little complicated than that. I saw her stomach for the first time since her surgery and it was a little overwhelming."

"How so?" Paul asked.

"Her stomach doesn't look the same and the scar is really large like it hurt, but she said it doesn't hurt."

"But you feel like it might be painful to her?" Paul asked.

"Yes."

"Olivia, how do you feel about all this?"

Olivia breathed out heavily, "Rejected, unattractive and a little bit insecure, not being able to get him….."

Fitz held Olivia's hand and kissed it, "I'm truly sorry and I…"

"Can you show Fitz your stomach right now?" Paul asked Olivia.

Fitz and Olivia gave Paul a strange look. Paul saw their look. "I know what I'm doing," he added.

"I still don't feel like showing it to him in front of you," she said to Paul.

"Olivia, I am a doctor, but I want to know what Fitz is thinking when he looks at it. It could help if I know what he's thinking. I can help him frame his thoughts."

Fitz was hopeful with Paul's explanation, "Livvie, he could help, please let's do this."

"Fine," Olivia stood up and carried her top up.

"Fitz, I want you to just look at it for a while."

Olivia closed her eyes and didn't want to think of the two of them looking at her stomach that she herself did not like looking at.

She later on opened her eyes and saw Paul admiring her lustfully while Fitz was concentrating on her stomach. Olivia cleared her throat so Paul knows she could see what he was doing.

Paul then came back to his senses. "Fitz, what are you thinking right now?" he asked.

"I don't know what to say. It looks painful."

"I am not in pain," Olivia sharply stated.

"I want you to touch it and tell me what you feel."

Fitz then touched Olivia's stomach. "It's just too soft and flaccid in a weird way. Add the scar to it and it is...You touch and see," he said to Paul.

"Can I?" Paul asked Olivia.

"Knock yourself out," she answered.

Paul did not just place his hand on Olivia stomach; he caressed her stomach for the longest time too. "It feels great. I think it's beautiful. Her stomach is perfect even with the scar on it. I don't know why you'd be turned off by this, Fitz," he smiled charmingly at Olivia.

Olivia pushed Paul's hand away from her stomach and saw the look on Fitz's face. It wasn't jealousy on his face, but guilt.

Fitz felt very guilty and ashamed to say Olivia's stomach was flaccid and weird while Paul said it was great, beautiful and perfect. "I'm sorry," he said to Olivia.

Olivia could see Paul trying to hide a mischievous smile like he just accomplished something, "Honey, you don't have to be sorry," she said to Fitz. "You've been a wonderful lover, and change is sometimes hard, especially when you've loved something different." She then gave Paul a sassy look, "Paul can say all that because he didn't know how it looked before."

"But…"

Paul interrupted Fitz. He could tell Olivia could see through him, "Yes, Fitz, Olivia is right. I advise you to spend some time every day to just look and feel Olivia's stomach, so you get used to it. I also suggest you be the one applying the cream she has been using on the scar for it disappears, just the process of doing that could be a turn-on."

Fitz shook his head in agreement. Feeling good and very hopeful with Paul's advised. "I feel like this is going to work," Fitz said to Paul

Paul smiled at Olivia instead, "I'm sure it will."

Olivia hated the smile on his face. "That should be all for today, Paul," she said to him.

"But I've been here for just 30 minutes," Paul complained.

"Yes, Olivia, we still have a lot of time," Fitz added.

"I'm tired," She said to Fitz, then looked at Paul, "Don't worry, you'll be paid for the 2 hours you were supposed to spend."

Paul left, but Fitz was not pleased with Olivia's treatment of his friend.

"That was rude, he's not only my therapist, but he is a good friend of mine."

"Yeah, right! A good friend who wants to sleep with your wife."

"Olivia, you're just looking for a reason not to attend this therapy, you can just say that you know."

"The fact that you are blind and can't see through him is something….."

"He's helping us, the suggestions he gave are promising," Fitz interrupted her impatiently.

"I'm not denying that, but that does not make him looking at me lustfully in front of you, which is wrong any less true."

"I didn't see him looking at you like that, minus that you are a beautiful and an intelligent lady, men are always going to be men, it doesn't mean he's going to try something. Is he the first one to look at you like that? You think I don't see my agents staring at you lustfully? but yet you've never complained about them."

Olivia reasoned from Fitz's point of view and believed she was taking things too seriously, "You have a point and I'm sorry. I'm going to apologize to him. I just felt like he was being disrespectful to you because he's suppose to be your friend."

"Come here," he drew Olivia to his body and wrapped his arms around her waist. "I've told you to stop apologizing to me. And yes, Paul is a good friend, but I don't feel disrespected when men admire you, if anything I feel proud, but sorry for them because I know you are mine. I'm sure Paul meant no harm."

"If you say so," Olivia said and gave him a kiss.

XXX

Somewhere in town, Beldine's nurse was meeting up with Paul since today was her off day from work.

"Things are bad between them. They had a huge fight the other day," Beldine's nurse told Paul.

"They didn't look like they had a fight when I lastly saw them. But Claudia, you have to be careful, Olivia is smarter than we think."

"What about the President?"

"Well, I am the one dealing with him. He's smart too, but he's a little blinded by my friendship. Just be careful with your interaction with Olivia, and even Fitz."

"Did I tell you I saw him naked?"

"You did, how come and when?"

"When they were fighting in Beldine's room. It seems as if they were trying to make love and he couldn't get it up for her, then she left the master bedroom and he followed her naked. I went to Beldine's room to act like a peacemaker and the best babysitter in order to gain their trust, that's how I saw him naked."

"Wow, what did he do?"

"Olivia threw him one of Beldine's wraps to cover himself, but OMG he is a specimen of a man."

"Yeah, he has always been," Paul stated enviously.

Claudia checked her watch, "When is our boss joining us? We have to give him our updates."

Paul checked his watch too, "He's never late, but he seemed to be…."

"I AM RIGHT HERE," their boss answered.

THEIR BOSS IS NOT PAPA POPE. BUT WE ALL KNOW WHO THE MORON IS.